I’ve always loved strawberries, but my attempts at growing the various hybrids have yielded nothing. Given that, I thought maybe species like these alpine strawberries might do better. About five years ago, I grew the red, white and yellow varieties from seed. It turns out they are really easy from seed and I had enough to plant all around the orchard bed. A few of them remain.
The red berries have a strong strawberry flavor, while the white ones have a subtle, almost pineapple taste.
I don’t have a lot of photos of these plants, but I’ll work to get more this year. It turns out Fragaria vesca is considered a native plant in Seattle, so I plan to grow more of them to spread around the native plant garden. They are 76 species of butterflies and moths that use Fragaria as a host plant!
