Yes, wild strawberries are, in fact, edible. We’re also told not to eat any strange plants that we find in our gardens or elsewhere. What about wild strawberries though? Even though they grow all across North America, we’re commonly taught that if you don’t know what it is, don’t touch it. The mixed sweet and sour flavor is perfect for a variety of sweet treats including jams, preserves, cakes, pies, strawberries and cream and chocolate fondue. Each leaf is coarsely toothed on slender hairy stalks (to 6 inches long).Strawberries are a popular fruit commonly used in desserts. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Semi-evergreen Leaf Color: Green Leaf Feel: Velvety Leaf Value To Gardener: Long-lasting Leaf Arrangement: Alternate Leaf Shape: Obovate Leaf Margin: Dentate Hairs Present: Yes Leaf Length: 1-3 inches Leaf Description: Three obovate, dentate, coarsely toothed leaflets on a slender stalk 1 to 2 inches long.Flowers (to 3/4 inches across) with numerous yellow-anthered center stamens bloom in April-May in flat umbel-like clusters (4 to 6 flowers each). Flowers: Flower Color: White Flower Inflorescence: Umbel Flower Value To Gardener: Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Shape: Radial Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: Seeds are embedded in the pits of the strawberries. Fruit: Fruit Color: Red/Burgundy Fruit Value To Gardener: Edible Display/Harvest Time: Summer Fruit Type: Berry Fruit Length: Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist Occasionally Dry NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Native Plant Wildflower Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Semi-evergreen Habit/Form: Creeping Spreading Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Medium Texture: Medium.Edibility: Wild strawberries have a sweet tart flavor. Attributes: Genus: Fragaria Species: virginiana Family: Rosacea Uses (Ethnobotany): ground cover Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Country Or Region Of Origin: East Canada to Northern and Eastern United States and Mexico Distribution: Introduced to Northern Europe, France, Italy, and Venezuela Wildlife Value: Members of the genus Fragaria support the following specialized bee: Andrena (Micrandrena) melanochroa.Tags: #wildlife plant #nectar plant #specialized bees #NC native #pollinator plant #edible garden #bee friendly #non-toxic for horses #non-toxic for dogs #non-toxic for cats #native See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Tarnished plant bugs, spider mites, aphids, leafrollers, slugs, nematodes and strawberry weevils can also present problems. Strawberries are susceptible to a number of diseases, including leaf spot, scorch, root rots, fruit rots (anthracnose, leather rot), gray mold and viruses. Wildlife Value: Members of the genus Fragaria support the following specialized bee: Andrena (Micrandrena) melanochroa.ĭiseases, Insect Pests, and Other Plant Problems: Plants spread indefinitely by runners that root as they sprawl along the ground and will form large colonies over time. Plants flower in spring followed by the fruit, but fruit production can be affected by the prevailing temperatures. After setting fruit, the plants may slow down or go dormant in hot summer months. This plant likes the cooler temperatures of spring and fall and does not do well in summer heat and humidity or in strong, drying, winds. Scarlett Strawberry is a winter hardy plant and easily grown in fertile, moist to dry, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade, although it does prefer organically rich, sandy loam. The genus name comes from the Latin word fraga, presumably from fragrans meaning fragrant in reference to the perfume of the fruit. The plant is native to North America, from Newfoundland and Alberta in Canada, south to Georgia, Tennessee, and Oklahoma in the United States. It can also be used as erosion control holding soil on slopes. The plant has a low profile of about 5 inches by 2 feet wide and spreads by runners making it useful as a groundcover as well as a provider of edible fruit. Scarlett Strawberry, also called Wild Strawberry, is a herbaceous, flowering, perennial and a member of the Fragaria genus, a large collection on plants producing edible fruit. Phonetic Spelling frah-GAR-ee-ah vir-jin-ee-AN-uh Description
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