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FRAGARIA virginiana
Plant Description
| Life Cycle: | Perennial |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Eastern North America: forest margins, open forests, forest clearings. |
| Special Features: | Aromatic fruits. Strawberry fruit you buy in stores are a hybrid between F. virginiana x chiloensis. Very good groundcover with long runners in spring and fall. Suitable for natural landscaping. Use for low maintenance plantings. Drought tolerant/ for xeriscaping/ water-wise design. Suitable for natural landscaping. Erosion control. |
| Basic Colour: | (white / cream) |
| Flower Colour: | white |
| Natural Flowering Period: | April - June |
| Winter Hardiness Zones: |
Z3 - Z9
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| Foliage: | 3-parted, serrate, glossy green. |
| Growth Habit: | stoloniferous / vigorous |
| Height with Flowers: | 15 cm |
| Spacing between Plants: | 20 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | average |
| Location: | |
| Characteristics: | decorative fruit / medicinal plant / tea herb / culinary herb / groundcover |
| Usage: | honey-bee food plant |
| Portion weight: | 0.03 Gram |
| Grams per 1000 seeds: | 0.4 Gram |
| Seeds per Gram (does not correspond to the number of plants!): |
2500 |
| Gram to get 1000 plants (if sown directly into pots etc. you will need a larger quantity): |
1 Gram |
| Sowing Direction: |
(16) See 15 with the exception of germination being slower and more irregular. This poses no problems. (15) Rapidly germinating, keep seed in constant moisture (not wet) with temperatures of about +20°C [68°F]. Seeds must be covered thinly. Do not cover very small seeds, but tightly press into the earth. Keep in cooler conditions after germination occurs.
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