Nothing says summertime quite like home-grown strawberries, the very taste of the English kitchen garden!
And the great thing is that strawberries are easy to grow in a range of soils and conditions - but if you want really great crops then try these varieties.
Be prepared for a LOT of strawberries!
The best strawberries for bumper crops
‘Alice’
This British-bred mid-season strawberry produces reliable crops of bright red juicy fruit of sweet flavour. Long picking season. Excellent disease resistance.
Tip: Versatile variety that will tolerate a wide range of soil types.
From: www.kenmuir.co.uk Tel: 01255 830181
‘Florence’
Later cropping variety producing conical matt-red berries of good, rounded flavour on upright plants. Excellent resistance to most diseases and also some resistance to vine weevil.
Tip: Ideal variety to use if growing organically.
From: www.kenmuir.co.uk Tel: 01255 830181
‘Hapil’
Good all-round mid-season variety producing large, glossy bright red berries of sweet flavour. Vigorous, but can be affected by verticillium wilt.
Tip: Excellent variety for lighter, drier soil conditions.
From: www.pomonafruits.co.uk Tel: 01255 440410
‘Honeoye’
Commercial variety producing reliable early crops of shiny orange-red fruit of large size that are of high quality and good for freezing. Disease resistant.
Tip: Can be grown in the greenhouse to produce earlier crops.
From: www.pomonafruits.co.uk Tel: 01255 440410
‘Mara de Bois’
Perpetual variety producing a succession of sweet, aromatic deep red fruit similar to woodland strawberries, but of larger size and greater yield. Resistant to powdery mildew.
Tip: Ideal for growing in pots on the patio.
From: www.pomonafruits.co.uk Tel: 01255 440410