Fragaria vesca 'Mara des Bois' syn. Fragaria x ananassa 'Mara des Bois'
Woodland Strawberry 'Mara des Bois'
Fragaria vesca is a stoloniferous perennial and makes an ideal ground covering plant or for growing in pots, baskets and planters. The fruit clusters are produced on tall stems that do not sit in the soil and are easy to pick although they are not nearly as big as the cultivated strawberries. The flowers are white with yellow centres and appear in spring, followed by red fruits. As with cultivated garden strawberries, they similarly produce runners to spread, but also can be grown from seed. 'Mara des Bois' is technically a woodland strawberry, but is very commonly grown. It fruits from mid-summer to autumn producing medium to large sized, standard shaped, deep red strawberries one of the best varieties for flavour and for consistently long cropping.
Contributed by @tiggrx
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Woodland Strawberry 'Mara des Bois'
Latin name
Fragaria vesca 'Mara des Bois' syn. Fragaria x ananassa 'Mara des Bois'
type
Fruiting Plant
family
Rosaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.30 M
Fragaria vesca 'Mara des Bois' syn. Fragaria x ananassa 'Mara des Bois'
Fragaria vesca is a stoloniferous perennial and makes an ideal ground covering plant or for growing in pots, baskets and planters. The fruit clusters are produced on tall stems that do not sit in the soil and are easy to pick although they are not nearly as big as the cultivated strawberries. The flowers are white with yellow centres and appear in spring, followed by red fruits. As with cultivated garden strawberries, they similarly produce runners to spread, but also can be grown from seed. 'Mara des Bois' is technically a woodland strawberry, but is very commonly grown. It fruits from mid-summer to autumn producing medium to large sized, standard shaped, deep red strawberries one of the best varieties for flavour and for consistently long cropping.
Flowering
From Late Winter TO Early Summer
Strawberries produce delicate and intricate white flowers with yellow centres. It is these flowers that eventually develop the strawberry fruit. The flowers start many months before they bloom, as tiny little yellow buds.
Propagating by runners
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Alpine strawberries will propagate themselves freely by runners - there is no need to do anything - other than controlling them, if they run rampant over space where you don't want them! They make good ground cover, due to their nature of covering every inch of soil.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant alpine strawberry plants in Spring, in fertile well-draining soil in a sunny position. The plants will tolerate partial shade. They make very good edging plants - though runnerless varieties are best fir edging.
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