Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Wild Strawberry - TreeTime.ca

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

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Wild Strawberry
Jahns Prairie Gooseberry

Often called the Woodland Strawberry, the Wild Strawberry produces a sweet, edible red berry all throughout the later spring and summer. This compact, stemless plant spreads mostly through the means of runners, and grows quickly.

Flowers and fruit of the Wild Strawberry are usually present simultaneously throughout the summer. This variety is native to North America, which gives it its name.

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

Wild Strawberry Quick Facts

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: red to purple
Fall colour: yellow
Berries: sweet
Berries: red-pink berries
Harvest: mid to late July
Flowers: white
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: short
Maintenance: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: none




Other Names: common strawberry, mountain strawberry, virginia strawberry