6/21/2023 0 Comments Alpine strawberry seedlings![]() When it comes to a difference in taste between alpine strawberries and other strawberries, there’s no contest about which one I’d prefer to eat if I had to choose. How Are Alpine Strawberries Different From Other Strawberries? Luckily for home gardeners, alpine strawberries are easy to grow in your own backyard and need very little attention, which means you can enjoy alpine strawberries free-of-charge, whenever you feel like it. What Are Alpine Strawberries?Īlpine strawberries, also known as woodland strawberries, fraises des bois, or Fragaria vesca (their scientific name), are a type of wild strawberry found in many parts of North America, Europe, and Asia.Īlpine strawberries are known for their intense sweetness, delicate size, and for their price tag, making them a favorite ingredient of restaurants and patisseries, where they are added to salads, desserts, and pastries and then sold for an exorbitant amount of money. Our alpine strawberry plants in fruit in mid-summer here in Vermont. I’m going to take you through the planting, growing, and harvesting process step-by-step, as well as give you information about the different varieties you can choose from and the myriad ways they can be used in the kitchen. Overall, we’ve found them to be much easier to grow, dependable, heat tolerant, and drought resistant than conventional strawberries. ![]() Humans have been developing alpine strawberry varieties for at least 300 years, and eager horticulturalists are still tinkering with this diminutive perennial to refine the fruit’s incredible sweet flavors even more.įortunately, alpine strawberries are a fairly easy-to-work-with addition to your backyard (or even container!) garden - especially when compared to “regular” strawberry plants. ![]() I knew at that moment I had to get my hands on some, and since this was a strawberry I knew I’d never be able to buy (it has a near-nonexistent presence commercially), I decided to grow my own.Īlpine strawberries are not a new phenomenon, they grow wild in wooded areas all over the world, and there’s evidence that Stone Age civilizations ate them - not to mention the fact that they were first domesticated in ancient Persia. ![]() The first time I had an alpine strawberry, I couldn’t believe what I was tasting: it tasted like the Platonic ideal of a strawberry, what strawberries should and were meant to taste like. Alexandria and yellow wonder alpine strawberries ![]()
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