Growing unusual varieties of strawberries is fun!

11 years ago

I ordered several different types of strawberries that are unusual!

One such type is Merlan which is a pink flower clumping variety! I already had one of the large berries! pretty sweet and dark red!.

Another is a ornamental variety with dark red flowers which produces small bitter tasting berries, don't know the type but it could be related to pink panda.

I also purchased 2 different pine berry varieties. White D from burpee (pretty pricey at 9.99 a plant) and White Pine (less pricey and much larger plants than the White D variety from mike at the strawberry store). So far the White D are doing rather well in a mix of sweet peat with Garden potting soil. Very sandy and rich! The one berry on my White D plant looks almost exactly like the ones on the pictures only more white! Very excited to nab up some runners and start seeing berries in the pounds!

I also bought from burpee one Purple Wonder, then they sold out just after that! Couldn't get another one, however it is probably the biggest strawberry plant I own with several large healthy leaves and producing more! Doing great in a small half foot pot!

Anyone else try any other unique varieties? perhaps for trade? Thanks!

Comments (6)

Edymnion
11 years ago
I keep hoping for them to breed up a strawberry of a truly odd color, like blue. Alas, no progress yet. Even the "Purple" Wonder is really just dark red. =(
peachymomo
11 years ago
I care more about flavor than color, the house I grew up in had a patch of native strawberries that were quite small and more flavorful than any other strawberry I've ever had - that's what I want to see offered. I got some Mara des Bois strawberries because they are supposed to be small and intensely flavored.
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olympia_gardener
11 years ago
I have yellow alpine strawberry, It bares very small berries but the flavor is very good, nice aromatic. Very hardy and easy to grow, no runners.
winsorw
8 years ago
Hello the15thwiseone, I am looking for Merlan strawberry to add into my collection of pink flowered strawberry. I have Pikan and Tarpan if you are interested. Please let me know.
drew51 SE MI Z5b/6a
8 years ago
I grow White D and other Pineberries. White D is about the best. I also grow Musk strawberries, and lot's of others too, alpines etc.

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A musk Strawberry. Tastes a lot like alpines except stronger tasting. Notice the red seeds.
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parker25mv
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
It is not always possible or easy to classify different strawberry varieties into distinct species because there is not always a clear delineation. The wild strawberry species Fragaria vesca appears to have at least two cultivars, very loosely known as the Wood strawberry (referred to as Smultron in Sweden) and the Alpine strawberry (though the names often get confused). Smultron has more fragrance and flavor than the other Alpine strawberry cultivar.