Low-growing perennial fruit. Spreads by runners.
Hardiness ratings
| System | Rating | Temperature range | How to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA hardiness zone | Zone 3–10 | −40 °C to 4.4 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| RHS hardiness rating | H7 | down to −20 °C | Plant needs at least this level of cold tolerance |
| Canadian plant hardiness zone | Zone 3–9 | −34 °C and warmer | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| Australian (ANBG) zone | Zone 1–6 | −15 °C to 15 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
About Strawberry
The garden strawberry is a young plant by horticultural standards — an eighteenth-century hybrid between a North American species and a Chilean one, brought together in Europe. The result was far larger-fruited than either parent, and every modern variety descends from it. What is eaten is not botanically a fruit at all: the fleshy red part is a swollen receptacle, and the true fruits are the small pips studding its surface. Plants spread by runners and lose vigour after a few seasons, which is why beds are routinely renewed from young runner plants rather than kept indefinitely.
Growing notes
- Susceptible to fungal disease in high humidity
- Replace plants every three years for best yield
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