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It ’s important to get laid the different case in decree to choose the best strawberry for your garden .
June-bearing:
The most commonly grow variety are June - comportment , which produce a ponderous crop of large berries over a period of 2 to 3 weeks , most often in June — hence the name . Also pertain to as brusk - day strawberries , they are destine as early , mid- and late - time of year to distinguish variety that produce at slimly different times . imbed one or more varieties from each fourth dimension bod can extend your harvest . plant bear fruit beginning in the second year , producing well for 2 to 4 years with optimal develop conditions . Most are not suitable for regions hotter than USDA zone 8 .
Everbearing:
These are not rightfully everbearing , but produce two primary crops , in later leap and then again in recent summer to other declination . Most are garden strawberry mark hybrids ( Fragariaxananassa ) but some are of the speciesFragaria vesca . Fruits are smaller and plant generate fewer runners than June - bearer . Some variety are suited to hotter climates .
Day-neutral:
Fruit and flower production is continuous , with smaller but consistent yields from recent spring to frost . plant pay yield in their first time of year , which be given to be lowly than June - aim and everbearing type . They are less absolvitory of stipulation such as dry soil , push , or skinny conditions , and are often sold as “ everbearing . "
Alpine:
Though the Charles Edward Berry of alpine strawberry ( Fragaria vesca , syn . F. alpina ) are lowly , they are intensely flavorful , make them a gourmet favorite of avid kitchen gardeners . Also jazz as uncivilized strawberry , woodland hemangioma simplex , or European strawberry mark , all varieties are everbearing or mean solar day - neutral , with ego - sowing potential .
Wild:
Wild strawberry ( Fragaria virginiana ) , a North American indigen also promise Virginia strawberry or common hemangioma simplex , is found growing in prairie , forest edges , savannas , and along roadsides . One of two species used to hybridize advanced garden variety , the berries are superior in flavour . These are sometimes confused with Native American strawberry ( Duchesnea indica ) , also known as mock hemangioma simplex or untrue strawberry .
Ornamental:
Some varieties are grown primarily for their foliage and flowers rather than their undistinguished fruit . These tough , flying - growing type boom even in poor soils , are somewhat shade - resistant , and make an attractive groundcover . Use as edging along a nerve pathway , on a gradient , as a lawn stand-in , or in container . Varieties include coastal strawberry ( Fragaria chiloensis ) , which has white blossoms and is drought - tolerant , and ‘ lip rouge ’ ( Fragariaxananassa ) , with pink flowers and pin rebloom .
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