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White Carolina Pineberry - Bare Root Plant

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Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Until then it can look lifeless, so you won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether it will grow.

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About the Product

White Carolina is a pineberry, a strawberry hybrid with pale pink to white fruit that tastes like pineapple. The berries have a soft, aromatic sweetness and bright red seeds that stand out against the pale skin.

It is a conversation piece in the garden and in containers. For the best harvest, plant one everbearing strawberry for every five White Carolina plants to help with pollination.

What it looks like

Small to medium, rounded-conical berries have pale white to blush pink skin dotted with contrasting red seeds. White, five-petaled flowers with golden yellow centers appear in spring. Leaves are medium green and divided into three rounded, toothed leaflets. The plants form low clumps about 6 to 8 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide and spread by runners. At harvest, the pale, red-speckled berries nestle under the green foliage.

Growing it with lavender

Pineberries enjoy full sun like lavender but want richer, more evenly moist soil, so grow them in a raised bed or kitchen garden rather than among the lavender.

Care

Plant in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil with the crown at soil level, and water regularly while fruit develops. Hardy in zones 4 to 8. Interplant with an everbearing strawberry (about one for every five plants) for better pollination and fruit set.

At a glance

  • Botanical name: Fragaria × ananassa
  • Flower color: White with yellow centers
  • Foliage: Medium green
  • Growth habit: Low clump with runners
  • Mature size: 6–8 in tall × 12–18 in wide
  • USDA hardiness zones: 4–8
  • Light: full sun
  • Bloom start: Mid-May
  • Peak bloom: Late-May
  • Bloom pattern: Single Flush
  • Deer resistance: Susceptible
  • Pollinator value: Good

Sizes and shipping

Dormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.

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Mature height
8.0 in
Mature spread
18.0 in
Bloom
Mid-May – peak Late-May
Fragrance
Mild
Deer
Susceptible

Lavender companion · grow guide

How to grow White Carolina

Strawberry · Fragaria × ananassa

Plant in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil with the crown set exactly at soil level. June-bearing types fruit once; day-neutral and everbearing types fruit through summer.

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White Carolina
  • Full sunLight
  • Moderate waterAverage drainage
  • pH 5.5–6.5Soil
  • Zones 4a–8bHardiness
  • 8″ tall18″ wide
  • SusceptibleDeer · rabbits susceptible
  • Not known toxicPets
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Hardy in zones 4a–8b

Early spring once soil warms; potted plants after frost risk is past.

Dormant bare-root strawberry as it arrives, laid on burlap

When it arrives

Your bare-root plant

Bare-root strawberries are dormant crowns with long, dark roots and a few dry leaves. Keep cool and moist until planting. Fan roots out straight down, set the crown's middle at soil level, firm soil, and water well.

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Bare root ships March–May while dormant, with little or no top growth, and it can look lifeless until then. That’s normal. New leaves appear from the crown within a couple of weeks of spring planting. Established plants green up early in spring once winter straw is pulled back.

You won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether a dormant plant will grow.

When to plant

Early spring once soil warms; potted plants after frost risk is past.

How deep

Set the middle of the crown exactly at the soil line: roots fully buried, growing tip uncovered. Too deep rots; too shallow dries out.

Spacing

18–24" apart in rows 3–4 ft apart (matted row); day-neutral types about 12" apart.

Soil

Loamy, rich in organic matter · pH 5.5–6.5

Fix-it tip: Get a soil test first. Work in compost; plant in raised rows or beds in heavy soil. Avoid spots where tomatoes, potatoes or peppers grew recently (shared root diseases).

Sun

Full sun (tolerates light shade, with less fruit).

Full sun gives the most and sweetest berries.

Dormant
New growth

Don’t give up on it

Is it alive? What spring looks like

New leaves appear from the crown within a couple of weeks of spring planting. Established plants green up early in spring once winter straw is pulled back.

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