Fragaria virginiana is a native Wild Strawberry with small but delicious edible fruit, and great fall color, too. The ground-hugging plants spreads easily by runners to forms patches. Delicate white flowers bloom among the trifoliate leaves from mid to late spring …
Fragaria virginiana is a native Wild Strawberry with small but delicious edible fruit, and great fall color, too. The ground-hugging plants spreads easily by runners to forms patches. Delicate white flowers bloom among the trifoliate leaves from mid to late spring, with the small but delicious berries appearing in early summer. In autumn the low growing foliage turns shades of maroon and red. Wild Strawberries are easily grown in a variety of soils. They prefer full sun or light shade, and well-drained situations. Wild Strawberry fruits are much smaller than cultivated strawberries, which are hybrids developed from Fragaria virginiana and the South American F. chiloensis.
Wild Strawberry is a host plant for numerous small moths: Grizzled Skipper, Smith's Dart, Purple-Lined Sallow, and Crocus Geometer to name a few.
Native plants can be grown outside of their native range in the appropriate growing conditions. This map shows the native range, as well as the introduced range, of this species.
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How far apart should we plant Fragaria virginiana as a ground cover in partial shade bed?
To create an area of Wild Strawberry ground cover, install the plants one foot apart (on center). You should have a decent ground cover in one year. It is perfectly OK to space them a little more than that, especially if you have a very large area. Wider spacing will take a little longer to fill in and may also need some attention to weeds during that time.
Will Wild Strawberry tolerate some foot traffic?
Yes, Wild Strawberry will tolerate light or occasional foot traffic.
Can this ground cover be used in a bed with other flowers for weed control or will it compete with the other perennials?
Wild Strawberry can be successfully intermingled with other naitve plants. It is unlikely to out-compete other vigorous growers. However, Any plants in the mix that are struggling could be overtaken by wild strawberry. In a mixed planting that uses wild strawberry as a ground cover, the problem is more likely to be the opposite -- that Wild Strawberry can be shaded out by taller, more aggressive species.
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