Wild strawberries are an excellent addition to any backyard garden, whether the fruits are enjoyed by you or your wildlife friends. They are a good source of Vitamin C and can be used on cereal, in pancakes, fruit salad, sauces, and more, much like regular strawberries. Ripe berries can be harvested anytime during April through June. During winter in colder climates, you may want to mulch the plants with straw or loose leaves to help protect them. Once established, wild strawberry requires little care other than keeping them watered during hot weather and while bearing fruit. Top-dress the soil with compost and mulch plants with straw to help soil retain moisture and keep fruits clean. When planting wild strawberry, keep the crowns at ground level and water well. You can also purchase plants from nurseries. Divide and transplant in early spring just as the new growth appears. As the runners grow, they send up new strawberry plants, which can be easily transplanted from other areas of your property into the garden. Wild strawberries spread by stolons (above ground runners) and rhizomes. If your soil contains a lot of clay or drains poorly, amending it with organic matter will help. It also likes rich soil that is somewhat moist, though is tolerant of slightly dry conditions too. The wild strawberry flower generally prefers full sun to partial shade. It’s also a cool-season plant, which means that it grows actively during spring and fall but goes dormant in summer and again in winter. The wild strawberry plant is easy to grow and will eventually spread to form a nice ground cover, about 6 to 12 inches (15-31 cm.) high, so this is something to consider when growing wild strawberries. The bigger berries are also quite delicious. Both the flowers and leaves are larger than other species and its foliage is more bluish in color. Woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca – This type enjoys moist, shady conditions, and is normally found in wooded areas. While its berries are also edible, they’re not as palatable. It has light green leaves and small, tasty berries.īeach or coast strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis – The leaves of this variety are dark green and shiny. Virginia wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana – This is one of the most popular types of wild strawberry. You may already have them growing somewhere on your property. These plants are hardy in USDA Growing Zones 3 through 10, and there are several types available, so it’s easy to find one suited to your region. These blooms are followed by the familiar red strawberries. The wild strawberry flower, which is white, normally begins blooming in late spring or early summer and lasts about one to two months. Wild strawberries produce one or more clusters of flowers. They can also be grown in containers, hanging baskets, or strawberry jars. The neat, clump-forming habit of wild strawberries makes them an excellent choice for edging or ground cover. There is, however, a similar plant, called Indian mock strawberry, which has yellow flowers (rather than white), that produces berries with little to no flavor. In fact, the berries are edible and tasty. With Victor Sjstrm, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjrnstrand. Yes, contrary to what some may think, wild strawberries are not poisonous. Wild Strawberries: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Smaller than store-bought strawberries, which are a hybrid of the wild strawberry and a European species, the berries are a favorite treat to many birds and animals, as well as people. In fact, some people consider the wild strawberry plant to be nothing more than a weed. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Wild strawberries are a common native plant found growing in open fields, woodlands, and even our yards. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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