Key Features
- Produces attractive burgundy-red strawberry fruits with a distinctive appearance.
- Heirloom fruit variety for home gardens and edible landscapes.
- Compact plants are suitable for garden beds, raised beds, borders, and containers.
- Ideal for fresh eating, fruit salads, desserts, jams, and homemade recipes.
- Performs best in fertile, well-drained soil with regular moisture.
Growing Benefits
- Adds rich burgundy color and visual interest to the garden.
- Provides homegrown strawberries for fresh summer enjoyment.
- Compact growth makes the plants suitable for smaller garden spaces.
- Works well in containers, raised beds, borders, and cottage-style gardens.
- A rewarding choice for gardeners interested in unusual fruit varieties.
Seed Specifications
- Common Name: Burgundy Strawberry
- Botanical Name: Fragaria spp.
- Plant Type: Perennial fruiting plant
- Fruit Color: Burgundy-red
- Fruit Shape: Conical to rounded
- Growth Habit: Compact and low-growing
- Flower Color: White
- Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil: Fertile, loose, well-drained soil
- Water: Regular and consistent
- Germination Time: Approximately 14–30 days under favorable conditions
- Sowing Depth: Surface sow; press seeds gently into the growing medium
- Spacing: Approximately 8–12 inches between plants
- Growing Zones: Generally suitable for USDA Zones 3–9, depending on the specific variety
- Maturity: Fruit production varies with growing conditions and plant establishment
- Uses: Fresh eating, fruit salads, desserts, jams, preserves, containers, borders, and edible gardens
Growing Tips
- Start seeds indoors in a fine, well-drained seed-starting mix.
- Scatter seeds on the soil surface and gently press them into the growing medium.
- Keep the seed-starting mix evenly moist during germination.
- Provide bright light to developing seedlings.
- Transplant established seedlings outdoors after frost danger has passed.
- Choose a sunny location with fertile, well-drained soil.
Seed Storage
Store unused seeds in a cool, dry, dark location. Keep them sealed in their original packet or an airtight container away from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight.
Unique Facts About Seeds
- Strawberries belong to the genus Fragaria and are members of the rose family, Rosaceae.
- Strawberry seeds are technically the small structures visible on the outside of the fruit.
- Strawberry plants can be grown in garden beds, containers, borders, and other compact spaces.
- Burgundy-colored fruit provides an unusual alternative to traditional bright-red strawberries.
