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Beach Strawberry

Beach Strawberry

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  • Certified Organic
  • Full Sun (6+ hrs/day) recommended
  • Ships as a 4" plant

Growth Timeline

  • Growing Season: Most fruits/veggies have their peak growing season starting in spring and extending through fall. They need a runway of consecutive warm days and nights (from 60-90) to produce fruit.
  • First Harvest: Fruits/veggies take 2-3 months to bear fruit and/or reach ripeness.
  • Final Harvest: Fruits/veggies start to give out between late summer and early fall in most climates. Some plants, such as strawberries, will become dormant in winter before popping back into action in for spring, but most fruiting plants will need to be replaced after their season is over.

Growing Zone

Grows best in zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Most fruits and veggies prefer warmer temperatures and will be dormant or grow very slowly in colder climates. Refer to the following guidelines concerning extreme weather:

COLD CLIMATES

  • Fruits/veggies require nighttime temperatures to consistently be in the 50s or above to survive.

WARM CLIMATES:

  • Fruits/veggies are made for the heat and will do fine with temperatures above 90 degrees.

To find out what extreme temperatures your location experiences, check out the USDA zone for your region.

More Fruit & Veggie Tips

Support Trailing Plants: Unless you are growing smaller plants (jalapeño or micro-tomatoes) you might want to use stakes, trellises, or cages to support the plants as they grow. This will prevent them from sprawling on the ground. Train the vines to grow vertically for better air circulation and easier harvesting.

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Organic Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis) is a rugged and beautiful evergreen groundcover native to the Pacific coastlines. Often called the Coastal Strawberry, this versatile perennial is one of the two original parents of the modern garden strawberry. It is highly prized for its tough, leathery, deep green foliage that features a brilliant glossy sheen, creating a lush "carpet" that stays attractive year-round.

As a robust member of the Fragaria genus, the Beach Strawberry is a champion of low-maintenance landscaping. It spreads quickly via red-tinted runners (stolons), making it an excellent "living mulch" for stabilizing slopes, filling parkways, or acting as a drought-tolerant lawn alternative. In spring, it is blanketed with charming white flowers that provide a vital nectar source for native bees and butterflies. While it is often grown ornamentally for its weed-suppressing habit and salt tolerance, it does produce small, seedy red fruits with a sweet, delicate flavor that are a favorite of local songbirds. This established 4" plant is exceptionally resilient, thriving in sandy soils and coastal winds where other groundcovers might falter.

Why you’ll love it:

  • Evergreen Groundcover: Maintains its rich, glossy green color through the winter, often taking on attractive reddish tints in cold weather.
  • Salt & Drought Tolerant: Naturally adapted to coastal dunes; thrives in sandy soil and stands up to salt spray and wind.
  • Pollinator & Bird Magnet: Showy white spring blooms attract butterflies, while the autumn berries provide food for birds.
  • Lawn Alternative: Its low-growing, mat-forming habit can handle light foot traffic and effectively suppresses weeds.
  • Erosion Control: Fast-spreading runners create a strong root network, making it ideal for banks and seaside hillsides.

This healthy 4" live plant thrives in full sun to partial shade. It reaches a mature height of 4–8" and spreads indefinitely via runners, preferring well-drained soil.

We take great care to ensure our seedlings are healthy and well-established before they’re shipped. We pre-germinate the organic seeds and grow them up to 12 weeks before shipping them as mature plants ready for transplant. Seedlings typically arrive within 1-4 days. For more information, see our shipping policy.

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