About
This semi-evergreen perennial features leaves with white margins, creating a variegated appearance. In spring, it produces white flowers with yellow centers, which are succeeded by small, red fruits that are edible.
About the genus
Fragaria consists of perennial plants that produce runners and feature leaves made up of three leaflets. They bear rounded flowers, which can be white or pink, and are followed by red fruits that are edible.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Fruit Edible, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Trailing
- Foliage
- Semi evergreen
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Plant in single or double rows with 30-45cm between plants and 75cm between rows. Plant through biodegradable, weed-suppressing membrane, or apply straw to keep strawberries clean. Can be successfully grown in a container, including growbags. See strawberry cultivation for further details
- Pruning
- Remove excess runners
- Propagation
- Remove and transplant runners
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, slugs and snails, glasshouse red spider mite and vine weevil
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to strawberry viruses and root rot. Fruit prone to grey moulds