wild strawberry ?

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Mar 29, 2007

i have seen wild strawberrys with small berrys in the same general location as this one. on the bluffs overlooking the ocean but i have never seen a red leaf as dark and red as this one

Dick

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Tammy somewhere, PA Apr 01, 2007

Sometimes the cold will turn the leaves that color around here. Does it cold there?
Tam

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Strever Hiouchi, CA(Zone 8b) Apr 01, 2007

hi Tammy
that would explain it
we did have a record cold late Jan this year
i bet i will see more of these this year

thanks
Dick

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) May 04, 2007

That strawberry is Fragaria chiloense, Chilean Strawberry as opposed to F. virginiana, which is the common strawberry in eastern North America. I have F. chiloense and it turns almost completely red in winter!

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