species
Fragaria × ananassa
Garden strawberry · Strawberry
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Fragaria × ananassa is a perennial in the family Rosaceae, also known as Garden strawberry or Strawberry, introduced to the UK. It reaches 30 cm tall and 40 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam or sand soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from May to June. Its RHS hardiness rating is H5 (hardy, cold winter): −15 to −10°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 30 cm tall × 40 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H5 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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