Virginia Strawberry a Great NATIVE Ground Cover!

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The two species of wild strawberry native to eastern North America, the Virginia strawberry, Fragaria virginiana, and the woodland strawberry. Fragaria vesca, are great as a groundcover or in the pollinator garden. Of course they have the bonus of producing tasty strawberries! Pollinators such as native bees and butterflies are drawn to the blooms and the leaves serve as host for a multitude of caterpillar species. Of course the berries are eaten by all sorts of critters and birds. There is an introduced imposter, the mock strawberry, Potentilla indica, that looks a lot like a strawberry, but that is about all it has in common with them. Learn about our native strawberries and how to tell them apart from the mock strawberry, and how our third native species of strawberry, the beach strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis, which is found on the west coast, along with the Virginia strawberry, played a part in producing the garden strawberries we know and love.

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did you know the most widely distributed wild strawberry in North America the Virginia strawberry fageria virginiana this native strawberry can be found throughout eastern North America although they become less common in the Deep South and Peninsular Florida it is also found in the mountains of the West the small five-petal white flowers bloom in April and May depending on location and are followed in early summer by small roundish strawberries which are considered by many to be the most flavorful of the wild straw strawberries strawberries spread vegetatively by Runners and can fill in quite a bit of area once established making them a great choice for a ground cover in spots with full sun to partial shade and well- drained soils