Alexandria Alpine Strawberry

Fragaria vesca 'Alexandria' (Fragaria vesca 'Alexandria') is a superb, everbearing alpine strawberry of genuine culinary distinction — producing a prolific, remarkably continuous succession of small, intensely flavored, conical strawberries with a concentrated sweetness and a fragrant, complex berry flavor that surpasses larger commercial varieties in every dimension of true fruit quality. Alpine strawberries have been prized by European gardeners and chefs for centuries precisely for this reason — their diminutive fruits are dense with flavor, fragrance, and natural sweetness in a way that mass-produced supermarket strawberries simply cannot replicate. 'Alexandria' is among the finest and most productive of the alpine strawberry selections — an everbearing variety that fruits generously and continuously from late spring through the first frost on compact, runnerless plants that are exceptionally well-suited to raised beds, kitchen garden borders, and container growing.

This professional-grade 4" seedling arrives with a healthy, well-established root system cultivated through professional horticultural practices — ready to transplant and begin fruiting with characteristic alpine strawberry generosity. 'Alexandria' thrives in full sun to partial shade with consistently moist, fertile soil — performing magnificently in raised vegetable beds, kitchen garden borders, and large containers where its compact, runnerless, tidy clumping habit makes it one of the most practical and culinarily rewarding strawberry varieties available for the home garden. The delicate white flowers are charming in their own right, and the small red fruits that follow are ornamentally attractive as well as deliciously edible.

• Intensely Flavored, Continuously Fruiting Alpine Strawberry: Small, conical fruits of concentrated sweetness and fragrant, complex alpine strawberry flavor fruit continuously from late spring through first frost — a culinary experience that surpasses larger commercial varieties in true fruit quality, flavor complexity, and natural fragrance in every meaningful way.
• Everbearing for a Full Season of Harvest: Unlike June-bearing strawberries that produce a single concentrated crop, 'Alexandria' fruits continuously and generously across the full growing season — providing a sustained, reliable harvest of intensely flavored alpine strawberries from late spring all the way through to the first fall frost.
• Compact, Runnerless, Tidy Clumping Habit: Unlike spreading strawberry varieties, 'Alexandria' forms a compact, well-behaved, runnerless clump that stays exactly where it is planted — making it the most practical, tidy, and container-friendly strawberry for raised beds, kitchen border edging, and confined growing spaces.
• Ornamental & Edible Dual Value: The delicate white flowers and small, bright red fruits provide genuine ornamental charm in the kitchen garden — making 'Alexandria' as beautiful as it is productive, a true dual-purpose plant that earns its place in ornamental kitchen garden designs as well as dedicated vegetable growing spaces.
• Versatile Kitchen Garden Performer: Outstanding eaten fresh, stirred into desserts, combined with cream, muddled into cocktails, and used in jams and preserves — the intense, fragrant alpine flavor makes even small quantities of 'Alexandria' fruits a genuinely luxurious and irreplaceable kitchen garden ingredient.

These 4" seedlings thrive in full sun to partial shade with consistently moist, fertile, well-drained soil rich in compost and natural matter; alpine strawberries appreciate consistent moisture and will not fruit prolifically in dry conditions. Water regularly, keeping soil evenly moist throughout the growing season. Transplant outdoors after the last frost date; prefers cool to mild growing temperatures for best fruit development. Days to first fruit: approximately 60–90 days from transplant. Feed monthly with a balanced fertilizer for sustained prolific fruiting across the full season. Mature height: 8–12 inches; spread: 8–12 inches.

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.