(Alpine Strawberry, Strawberry, Variegated Woodland Strawberry)

Whether dainty wild woodland fruits or juicy cultivated jewels, strawberries are a favorite fruit worldwide. There are approximately 20 species in the genus Fragaria, a member of the rose family. Most are native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and range as far south as India and South America.

Most species are herbaceous perennials that spread via stolons (rooting above ground stems) and have three or five parted coarsely toothed green leaves. Their pretty white flowers...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

The sweet, aromatic red fruit of this low-growing herbaceous perennial are a late spring favorite. Garden strawberries vary greatly in the size and flavor of their fruits, but all bear three-lobed leaves and most form offsets via trailing stems known as stolons. Plants bear round white five-petaled flowers in early to mid-spring, followed by the cone-shaped fruits. Many cultivars produce only one crop a year in late spring and early summer, but everbearing cultivars continue fruiting through summer...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are low-growing hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. Introduced in 1981 by the University of Maryland, 'Allstar' bears mild-flavored fruits midway through the spring strawberry season.

Garden strawberries vary greatly in the size and flavor of their fruits, but all bear three-lobed leaves and most form offsets via trailing stems known as stolons. This cultivar produces numerous stolons and offsets. The round white five-petaled flowers appear in mid-spring,...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. The heirloom strawberry 'Aroma' was once widely grown commercially for its large, flavorful, bright crimson berries. Originating in Kansas in 1889 and popular in the Midwest in the early twentieth century, it is rarely grown today.

Like most garden strawberries, 'Aroma' spreads by runners to form expanding clumps of three-lobed leaves. Plants bear round white five-petaled flowers in spring that develop from...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. Introduced in 1923 by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York, 'Beacon' is virtually extinct in cultivation today. This "June-bearing" strawberry fell out of favor because of its vulnerability to late spring frosts.

Like most garden strawberries, 'Beacon' spreads by runners to form expanding mats of three-lobed leaves. Plants bear round white five-petaled flowers in spring that...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. The heirloom strawberry 'Beder Wood' originated in Moline, Illinois, in 1881. It was widely cultivated in the Midwest United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for its abundant, relatively early-ripening berries. It is rarely grown today.

Like most garden strawberries, 'Beder Wood' spreads by runners to form expanding clumps of three-lobed leaves. Plants bear round white five-petaled...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. The heirloom strawberry 'Brandywine' was widely cultivated in Southern California in the early twentieth centuries for its early-spring to late-autumn crop of large, flavorful, deep-crimson berries. Rarely grown today, this variety originated in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in about 1890.

Like most garden strawberries, 'Brandywine' spreads by runners to form expanding mats of three-lobed leaves. Plants bear round...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. The heirloom strawberry 'Bubach' (pronounced "Buh-baw") was widely cultivated in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, but is rarely grown today. This cultivar originated in Princeton, Illinois, around 1882.

Like most garden strawberries, 'Bubach' forms clumps of compound, three-parted leaves. This variety produces relatively few "runners" and resulting offsets. Plants bear round white five-petaled...

(Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are low-growing hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. A 1998 introduction from Canada's Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, 'Cabot' bears large flavorful fruits midway through the spring strawberry season on exceptionally cold-hardy plants.

This cultivar bears three-lobed leaves in clumps that form offsets via trailing stolons. The round white five-petaled flowers appear in mid-spring, followed by the cone-shaped fruits.

A reliable performer...

(Camarosa Strawberry, Garden Strawberry, Strawberry)

Garden strawberries are low-growing hybrid perennials prized for their sweet, aromatic red fruit. Introduced in 1993 by the University of California, 'Camarosa' bears large firm flavorful strawberries on plants that flower and fruit from late fall to spring in mild climates.

This cultivar bears three-lobed leaves in clumps that form offsets via trailing stolons. When days are short and temperatures moderate, plants produce round white five-petaled flowers, followed by the cone-shaped fruits....