FREE: 50ct. Alpine Red Strawberry Seeds

The listing, 50ct. Alpine Red Strawberry Seeds has ended.

Order strawberries in a deluxe Parisian restaurant and you’re likely to be served berries that are very small, very expensive, and also very delicious. Such fruits are not merely scaled-down or poorly grown versions of regular strawberries, but a completely different species—the near-wild alpine strawberry, Fragaria vesca.

Alpine strawberries (Fraises des bois) are prized for their sweet and delicate flavor.

These berries are expensive not because they are hard to grow, but because the plants are not very productive. Unlike modern strawberries, which generally produce a lot of fruit at once, alpine strawberries ripen only a few at a time. Each ripe fruit has a delectably intense, wild strawberry flavor. So, in our own back yards, where flavor is just as important as productivity, alpine strawberries are a delightful addition to the garden.