Re: ornamental strawberries

> I have this sneaking feeling that what you are pulling isn't a strawberry -
> wild or otherwise.  I have tons of what I call "barren strawberry", but
> that is not a name you can find it under.  I did a search on the web and
> the closest I could come was to the Cinquefoils, tho' none are actually
> "it"....it only has 3 leaves.  Anyway, I scanned one for one of my
> articles.  Go to http://suite101.com/article.cfm/222/19409 and scroll down,
> it's toward the end, and tell me if that's what you're pulling miles of.

I've got 'Indian strawberry' (Duchesnia indica) up the wazoo here, and
I can't seem to get rid of it.  Lots of little red strawberry-like 
fruit, but more like styrofoam in texture and flavor.  

There is another 'barren strawberry' (Waldsteinia fragarioides?) that
is grown as an ornamental groundcover, but it tends to spread 
pretty slowly and likes cool climates.

> I've also got a photo of 'Pink Panda' in another article...again you have
> to scroll down as it is toward the
> end...http://suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/16987

There are two more pictures of Fragaria 'Pink Panda' up at

   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/images/frapp00-mini.jpg
   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/images/frapp00.jpg

They're both the same shot, but the first one is only 34K and the
second is 85K.  It was taken up at my parent's house in the 
suburbs of Chicago on May 9th of this year.

Chris

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