Wild strawberries

[DuncanM]

Has anyone got any wild strawberries or tried them before?

I had one of the tiniest strawberries I've ever seen ripen on the plant yesterday which I obviously gobbled up immediately - the taste was fantastic, so different to normal cultivated strawbs. I just wish I had a few more plants (will do in a few years) to get a decent amount of them at any one time.

[veggiechicken]

I have lots of them - use them as ground cover. The flavour is so intense but you would need a lot of plants to pick a bowl full. I'm happy with a handful a day for my breakfast cereal!

[eirish]

I love 'em too and have been picking them anytime I find them since I was a toddler. They're all over my garden and the banks behind our flat - sooo exciting! I've been rescuing them from the garden as I've been digging out the weeds. There's enough that I'm considering using them as edging.

[Peas'n'Kews]

We have 'em - they are about to produce the first fruit. We had about 12 plants, very small, from a friend and now they almost fill a bed 35ft long..... Watch out, they're thugs! (But taste divine)

[FB.]

If alpine strawberries are well-cared-for, their crowns can usually be split into about four new plants each autumn.
They will also self-seed to a small extent - I have a few plants which have grown from seeds which must have got scattered around.
They do not usually form runners (I say "usually" because someone is sure to turn up and say that theirs did; but mine never have).

[Shadylane]

Alpines are different to wild though. I have both and the wild/woodland ones spread/run like weeds whereas the alpines not so much. The alpines also have a slightly larger more elongated fruit whereas the wild ones are smaller and more round.