Re[2]: Strawberries
Moira,
Here it is a really weedy weed in moister parts of the garden.
In dryer soil it is better behaved. Also as someone mentioned it gets a nasty
rust fungus at times. On the other hand it will out-compete and smother most
other weeds here so there are benefits if one likes it. It is not deeply rooted
and I let it romp in some of the Roof Garden beds 'til I have something more
interesting to put in, or until I become annoyed with it...
Deborah
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Subject: Re: Strawberries
Author: theryans@xtra.co.nz
Date: 9/20/99 2:32 PM
Deborah Lindsay wrote:
>
> Kurt,
>
> Your Strawberry is most likely Duchesnea indica, an inedible (to humans)
> relative of Fragaria. It's a good ground cover but really invasive and
> rampant in irrigated gardens. Birds will spread the seeds. Native of Asia.
> If you don't want it forever, get rid of it now.
Perhaps it is because of my cooler climate and the fact that I grow it
in the shade of a low wall, but I have had this plant as a ground cover
close along the wall for perhaps twenty years and it has not even fully
spread to the front of the bed. I have always liked it as it has appeard
to be so unaggressive!
It flowers and fruits yearly, but I have never seen any local bird
eating the fruits. Very unenterprising of them, I reckon.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
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