Common Name: Wild Strawberry

Latin Name: Fragaria virginiana

Height: 6 inches

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: White

Bloom Time: April - June

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Medium-Wet, Medium, Medium-Dry, Dry

Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Spreads via stolon internode cuttings or separating rooted plantlets in the Spring or Early Summer. Hard to grow from seed.

Host: Grizzled Skipper and several species of moth caterpillars.

Pollinators: An important early Spring food source for little carpenter bees, cuckoo bees, mason bees, Halictid bees, Halictid cuckoo bees, Andrenid bees, Syrphid flies, thick-headed flies, Tachinid flies, small butterflies, and skippers.

Other Information: Wild Strawberry is native to the United States and can be identified by its white flowers in the Spring, and hanging fruits in the Summer. Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) is non-native. It can be identified by its yellow flowers and upright fruit. This plant spreads via runners and is great for ground cover.