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Fruit See photos from Alter Vista |
Foliage See photo from Plants for a Future |
Form Click on illustration from Europeana |
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Plant Name |
Fragaria moschata Duchesne (Syn. Fragaria muricata, Fragaria moschata) From the Latin "fragans" (fragrance), referring to the scent of the fruit. |
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Common Name |
French is Hautbois Strawberry, English is Hautboy Strawberry, Chinese is She Xiang Cao Mei. Musk Strawberry. |
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Soil |
Chalk |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun or Part Shade |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Plant Type |
Herbaceous Perennial |
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Height x Spread in inches (cms) |
6 x 6 (15 x 15) |
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Foliage |
Bright Green |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
Bunch of Saucer-Shaped White 5 Petal Flowers in June followed by red edible fruit. |
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Comment |
Trailing Form. "The musk strawberry (Fragaria moschata), is a species of strawberry native to Europe. Its French name hautbois strawberry is anglicised as hautboy strawberry. The plants are hardy and can survive in many weather conditions and are cultivated commercially on a small scale, particularly in Italy. The fruit are small and round; they are used in the gourmet community for their intense aroma and superb flavour, which has been compared to a mixture of regular strawberry, raspberry and pineapple. Musk strawberries grow wild to a limited extent in the forests of Central Europe, north into Scandinavia, and east into Russia. The musk strawberry is found growing along the edges of forests and requires moist and sheltered sites since they do not tolerate temperature fluctuations. At the beginning of the 19th Century musk strawberries were the most common garden strawberry in Germany. Cultivation of musk strawberries is not very different from that of garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) or alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca); the plants thrive in nutrient-rich soils. However, neither female plants nor hermaphrodite plants are self-fertile; they require pollen transfer from a male or a different hermaphrodite clone (or cultivar) of the same species, which is usually achieved by insect pollinators." from Wikipedia. "Prefers a fertile, well-drained, moisture retentive soil in a sunny position. Tolerates semi-shade though fruit production will be reduced. Succeeds in acid and alkaline soils. Likes a mulch of pine or spruce leaves. At one time this species was widely cultivated for its edible fruit, but it is fairly low yielding and has now been almost totally superseded by cultivars of F. x. ananassa (the garden strawberry) See Grow Your Own Strawberries by Ken Muir of Honeypot Farm, Rectory Road, Weeley Heath, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. CO16 9BJ Tel: 0870 74 79 111 or web: www.kenmuir.co.uk to obtain this excellent booklet that contains all one needs to know for the successful growing of the edible strawberry. 246 Strawberry Varieties including this one are detailed in Strawberry Varieties in America with history and cultivation details about strawberries from Grow Fruit. |
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Companions |
Hosta, Astilbe, Spring-flowering bulbs, Heuchera, Pulmonaria and Bergenia. Plant under Blueberries or Rhododendrons among Lily of the Valley. |
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ODDS AND SODS GALLERY PAGES Introduction FOLIAGE COLOUR SHAPE SEED COLOUR BED PICTURES OTHER FLOWER PICTURES |
Odds and Sods Height from Text Border for Odds and Sods Gallery |
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Odds and Sods Soil Moisture from Text Background |
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"Simona and Feruccio" by Madeleine F. Williamson Pires. Can Simona and Feruccio (the flowers) with |
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ODDS AND SODS INDEX |
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Flower Colour |
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Violet with Yellow (may be pink, violet/lavender, dark purple/black, or white/near white) florets
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June, July |
10 x 18 |
Mid-Green
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Purple
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April, May |
2 x 24 |
Mid Green
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Bright White, yellow, pink or red
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June, July, August, September, October |
48 x 12 |
Grey-Green
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Chrysan-themum 'Pennine Digger' and others |
Golden Yellow
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October |
48 x 30 |
Dark Green |
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White
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May, June |
5 x 12 |
Mid-Green
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Pale to Deep Rose-Pink
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June |
6 x 72 |
Dark Green above, Grey-Green below
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Greenish-Yellow
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April, May, June |
4 x 12 |
Blue-Grey
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White |
June |
6 x 6 |
Bright Green
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White-throated Sky-Blue
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April, May, June, July |
1 x 4 |
Dark Green
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Yellow ray-florets with Brown disc florets
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August, September |
180 x 24 |
Mid to Dark Green
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White, lavender, purple, pink, or crimson
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May, June |
8 x 10 |
Mid Green
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Scented Purple, Rose-Pink or White
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July, August, September |
54 x 36 |
Light Green
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White to light Purple
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May, June, July |
36 x 12 |
Light to Mid Green
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Bright Golden Yellow
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July, August |
24 x 12 |
Mid Green
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Morus nigra |
Pale Green |
May, June |
480 x 600 |
Mid Green
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Greenish-Yellow
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July, August, September |
60 x 12 |
Dark Green
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Red, White, Rose-Pink or Purple
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July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green
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Domino Series cultivars have upward-facing flowers in Red, White, Crimson-Pink, Lime-green, Pink with White-eyes, Purple, Purple with White eyes, Salmon-Pink, or White with Rose-Pink margins
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July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green
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July, August, September |
18 x 12 |
Dark Green
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July |
6 x 12 |
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