Wild Strawberry seed Fragaria vesca
LATIN NAME: FRAGARIA VESCA
COMMON NAME: Wild Strawberry
The wild strawberry runners the low, spreading mats of the soft, three-lobed leaves with the small, white, five-petalled flowers and the tiny, sweet, red berries that ripen through the summer, the plant sending out the long, rooting runners that fill the ground with the fresh green. The berries carry the intense, wild sweetness, and they ripen over the long season. The plant grows fast into the tidy, fruiting carpet, and it stands the cold well. It likes the sun or the part shade, and the moist, rich soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
In the rose family, the wild strawberry holds a special place in the fruit research, and the concentrated flavour has kept the breeders interested for the ages. The studies cover the fruit aromas, the way the plant spreads by the runners and the seed biology, while the food scientists value the intense, wild sweetness. The horticulturists note the easy, spreading habit, and the breeders of the garden strawberries keep the species in their programmes.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the garden, the wild strawberry carpets the soil and sweets the table. The tiny, fragrant berries serve the desserts, the jams and the fresh eating, the soft, green mats make the living mulch under the fruit trees, and the berries feed the birds and the small animals. It grows well in the moist, rich ground, in the sun or the shade. Generous, easy and intensely sweet.
To grow the Wild Strawberry from seed,
Press the seeds into the surface of the fine, moist seed tray, then cover them lightly, keep the tray in the bright, cool spot and water gently
Keep the surface just damp, and thin the little plants when the first true leaves open. The runners start to fill the ground within the first season.
. The seedlings surface within a few weeks, and they grow on steadily. Settle the young plants in the moist, rich ground, and the red berries will runner the carpet over the summer.
Uses: Culinary/Medicinal
Infusion of leaves and rootstock is effective for diarrhea, dysentery and problems of the urinary tract. Especially useful for convalescents and children. Cultivated varieties are much less potent medicinally.