Fragaria Species, Alpine Strawberry, Sow-Teat Strawberry, Wild Strawberry, Woodland Strawberry

Attractive in a cottagy garden. Grows and fruits well in partial shade and makes for good snacking in the garden. It self-sows readily ...Read Morebut is not invasive.

Alpine Strawberry, Sow-teat Strawberry, Wild Strawberry, Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca is Native to Texas and other States.

Grows wild in my area, along roadsides and open fields. The berries are tiny, the biggest about 1/2 an inch long. They are also one of...Read More the tastiest things ever. Very sweet, with full strawberry flavor. They spread quickly, by seeds, as they lack runners.

I purchased mine from White Flower Farm in 2002. I love these cute little plants. They are clumping, never running. They begin to bloom a...Read Morend set fruit in June and don't quit until frost if kept moist. They are a great edging plant with foliage that is always attractive and the little white flowers just peek above the leaves. The fruit is little and soft, but very sweet. If you want more of these, just dig up your clumps in early spring, divide, and plant. The only pest problem is slugs and sow bugs that beat me to the berries, so I keep snail/slug bait on hand.

Definitely grows like a weed, but it's beautiful and useful.
So far, I've eaten about 5 of the berries and they are as tasty as an...Read Morey store bought variety (though softer). Hey, fresh fruit is a good thing! My dog also thinks they're good.
It's funny, my husband tried to rip them up last year- thought they were a weed. Now they are back with a vengeance in the landscaping of the front yard. They must like mulch!

The berry is sweet and lovely to eat,especially when grown in cool areas. It seems that when weather is very hot,the taste is rather blan...Read Mored, so it needs to ripen not too fast.

Like a diminutive version of the Garden Strawberry, the fruits of the Wild Strawberry are less succulent but full of flavour. Plants spre...Read Moread by low, arching stems called runners. The fleshy part of a Strawberry is derived from the swollen base of the flower, the fruits proper being the yellowish pips on the surface.