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Fragaria ×vescana

Fragaria ×vescana
Photo: Dr U, Public domain

Fragaria ×vescana is a hybrid strawberry, bred by crossing a garden strawberry with a woodland strawberry to combine large fruit with strong flavour. It is grown like other garden strawberries: in full sun, in well-drained soil, with regular watering.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist and water at the base, avoiding wet foliage.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic loam or potting mix.
Temperature
15–25 °C; hardy to about -20 °C when dormant, protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic. Not toxic to cats or dogs (ASPCA).
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Fragaria × vescana is a hybrid strawberry cultivar that was created in an effort to combine the best traits of the garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa), which has large berries and vigorous plants, with the woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca), which has an exquisite flavour, but small berries. Plants of the World Online considers it an unplaced taxon – "names that cannot be accepted, nor can they be put into synonymy."

This cross cannot take place naturally. Fragaria × ananassa has eight sets of chromosomes whereas Fragaria vesca has only two sets. Repeated attempts to cross these resulted in sterile offspring.

Other Fragaria plants

Strawberry · Fragaria ×bringhurstii · Cascades strawberry · Beach strawberry · Fragaria daltoniana · Fragaria emeiensis · Fragaria iinumae · Fragaria iturupensis · Musk strawberry · Fragaria moupinensis · Huangmao Strawberry · Fragaria nipponica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fragaria × vescana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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