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    FRAGARIA vesca
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    FRAGARIA vesca

    Commonly known as Alpine strawberry, Wild strawberry

    Perennial with white flowers and small red strawberries. Ideal for naturalising or can be grown en masse
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    Delivery Information
    Available again from summer 2025
    individually £8.50 each , 3+ £8.00 each , 10+ £7.00 each 
    Available again from summer 2025 - Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
     
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    • Good to know
      Wildlife plant - birds and small mammals.
    • Medicinal properties
      Dried leaves make an excellent tea substitute.
    • Pests & Diseases
      Vine weevil grubs, leaf spot, powdery mildew, honey fungus.
    • Place of origin
      Europe.
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
      Rosettes of 3-palmate, bright green leaves with oval, toothed leaflets 5-7cm (2-2¾in) long.
    • White
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      30cm (12in)
    • Spread
      Indefinite
    • Fruit
      Plants which produce an edible or ornamental fruit
      Stoloniferous perennial. Cymes of small flowers, to 2cm (¾in) across, with 5 rounded petals are followed by sweet, slightly scented fruit 1cm (½in) long
    • Zero Rated Item
      No VAT on this plant
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Spring Seasonal Interest
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Neutral to alkaline soil
      Will tolerate all but most acid soil.
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
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    Tiny fruits but more flavoursome. The Alpine strawberry.

    Genus of 12 species of stoloniferous perennials from open woodland, hedgerows and grassy places in Europe, Asia (as far as southern India), North America and temperate areas of Chile.

    The native wild, or wood, strawberry is found in dry grassland and woods, is smaller than the Alpine strawberry usually supplied by nurseries and fruits over a shorter period.

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