Beach Strawberry

Scientific Name: Fragaria chiloensis

Plant type

perennial, groundcover, fruit / vegetable

size

H: 4"
W: 12"

planting zones

4a-10b

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Beach Strawberry plant details

Beach Strawberry is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous or semi-evergreen perennial groundcover fruit / vegetable with green foliage. In spring and summer white flowers emerge followed by red fruit. Features glossy texture. Attracts bees and birds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Beach Strawberry

Plant type: perennial groundcover fruit / vegetable
Plant family: rosaceae
Foliage: deciduous or semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 12 IN wide, 4 IN tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring and summer
Uses: container plant, edging plant, edible, fall color

GROWING CONDITIONS for Beach Strawberry

USDA Zones: 4a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture

Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

The beach strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) is a BC native named after the island of Chiloe in Chile. Why you might ask? Because this amazing species can be found along the Pacific coast of both North and South America as well as in the Hawaiian Islands. It has thick, leathery, dark green, usually evergreen leaves, white flowers, and classic red fruits. It is quite drought and salt tolerant but grows into a lush ground cover in garden conditions. F. chiloensis is one of the species that was used to create our modern hybrid strawberry, F. x ananassa. A larval host for butterflies and moths. Flowers are visited by butterflies and bees.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

This glossy-leaved prostrate native strawberry makes a lovely groundcover which produces small white flowers in early summer and shiny red fruits later. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Zn 4. White flowers. Glossy, dark green leaves.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

This fast evergreen, spreading groundcover grows to about 6" tall covering the ground with glossy dark green foliage and bright white flowers. Will grow well under many gardening situations. Good as a lightly trafficked turf, on broad hillsides, or in parking strips and walkways. Plant 12-18" apart. Fruits are edible. Prune annually to renovate and prevent thick-layered colonies. Flowers April - August. Native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. Flowers attract bees & butterflies and fruit eaten by birds & small mammals. It is one of two species of strawberry that were hybridized to create the modern garden strawberry (F. _ ananassa). Found in grows in scrub near the coast. Communities located in Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub between 0 and 656 feet.

By: The Watershed Nursery

One of the wild ancestors of the modern strawberry found along the Pacific coast of both North and South America as well as Hawaii. A vigorous ground-cover spreading by surface rooting runners and well adapted to sandy soil or anything but the most compacted clay, where it will form a weed suppressing dark green mat composed of serrated, trifoliate leaves of which the underside and stalks are densely clothed in short soft hairs. Perhaps at it's most useful in shady sites, even solid dark shade, where it demands far less summer water than most any alternative. Plant with Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) for some added spring colour. Of course this is still a Strawberry and the small, tart, but highly aromatic fruit are formed during spring and early summer from pure white rose-like flowers typically hidden amongst the foliage.