Key Features
- Produces attractive white to creamy-colored strawberry fruits with red seeds.
- Distinctive heirloom variety for home gardens and edible landscapes.
- Compact plants are suitable for garden beds, raised beds, borders, and containers.
- Ideal for fresh eating, desserts, fruit salads, jams, and preserves.
- Performs best in fertile, well-drained soil with consistent moisture.
Growing Benefits
- Adds unique white fruit color to the home garden.
- Provides an unusual strawberry variety for fresh garden harvests.
- Compact growth makes it suitable for smaller growing spaces.
- Works well in containers, raised beds, borders, and cottage gardens.
- A great choice for gardeners who enjoy growing distinctive heirloom fruits.
Seed Specifications
- Common Name: White Soul Strawberry
- Botanical Name: Fragaria spp.
- Plant Type: Perennial fruiting plant
- Fruit Color: White to creamy white
- Fruit Shape: Conical to rounded
- Seed Color: Red to dark red
- 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 growing conditions
- Maturity: Fruit production varies according to growing conditions and plant establishment
- Uses: Fresh eating, fruit salads, desserts, jams, preserves, containers, borders, and edible gardens
Growing Tips
- Start seeds indoors using a fine, well-drained seed-starting mix.
- Scatter seeds on the surface and gently press them into the growing medium.
- Avoid covering seeds deeply, as strawberry seeds benefit from light during germination.
- Keep the growing medium evenly moist and provide bright light.
- Transplant established seedlings outdoors after frost danger has passed.
- Choose fertile, well-drained soil with good sunlight exposure.
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
- White Soul is an unusual strawberry type recognized for its pale fruit and contrasting red seeds.
- Strawberries belong to the genus Fragaria and the rose family, Rosaceae.
- The tiny structures on the outside of a strawberry fruit are botanically classified as achenes.
- White-fruited strawberries can create an eye-catching contrast in mixed strawberry plantings.