Alpine Strawberry Plants

Alpine Strawberry is a gorgeous and unusual variety of perennial herb plant that produces  delicious small strawberry fruits. The foliage looks beautiful as it slowly spreads but the fruits are so much fun to hunt for within the herb garden - a perfect option for anyone working to create a family-friendly garden full of edible treats.

These dainty plants grow at a low level, slowly creeping and sending out runners which produce further plants, adding joy to your garden year after year. These are herb plants that spread slowly but it is best to keep them contained if you don't want them to slowly take over. What's more, they will grow well in sun or partial shade and enjoy moist soils so are uncomplicated to get growing making them ideal for newbies. 

Alpine Strawberry is a beautiful variety of herb plant that has a personal connection to us at Urban Herbs.  The small fruits that this plant produces are beautiful chopped onto breakfast cereal or porridge.  These meals keep us going throughout the busy summer seasons.  We also love to see the reaction of children as they proudly harvest these tiny fruits that magically appear in the herb garden. If you love the strawberry scent, you'll love our Simply Strawberry Collection which pairs alpine strawberry and strawberry mint for a duo made in heaven!  

• Latin Name: Fragraria vesca

  Type: Perennial

  Soil Type: Moist soil

  Where should I plant this variety? Sun or partial shade

  How tall does it grow? Approx. 8cm

  How much space does it need? Spreads sending out runners.  Keep contained.

  When does it flower?  May-June

  
  

  Top care tips: Ensure runners do not allow the plant to spread and take over!

Delivery Information

• Really useful semi evergreen edible. Delicious small fruits. We love adding to smoothies!

   

• Delivery options explained

   

  Pre-order delivery option

  From January to March, customers are able to pre-order herbs for delivery later in spring, to ensure that you receive the unusual varieties that you desire. We begin dispatch of pre-orders from late March, once all items in your order are available for dispatch in one delivery, as some varieties will be available a little later in the year than others. You will receive notification when this dispatch takes place along with tracking information but if you would like an estimated delivery date after placing your pre-order, please do not hesitate to contact us.

  Order Now delivery option

  From late March to autumn, herbs will be available for immediate dispatch subject to their availability. We dispatch our fresh potted herbs Monday-Wednesday each week to avoid postal delays over the weekend. We aim to dispatch all fresh herb orders in less than seven days, i.e. an order placed Thursday-Sunday would likely be dispatched the following Monday/Tuesday. Orders placed Monday-Tuesday we would aim to dispatch by the Wednesday of that week. We do not dispatch on bank holidays.

  If you have a specific dispatch date that you would like us to aim towards, please do not hesitate to let us know. We can't guarantee a particular date but will strive to do our best for you.

  Dispatch information

  All orders are dispatched via a next day courier, ensuring that your herbs reach you promptly and in good health. For customers in the Highlands and Channel Islands this is a 48-hour delivery service. (From 2021 onwards we are unable to ship to Northern Ireland.)

  Please note that we do not offer a collection service. Our site is not suitable to receive visitors and this is a rule that we have to apply universally out of respect to our neighbours and family.

   

  Packaging

  
  We aim to reuse packaging as much as possible. Your herbs will be delivered in taupe recyclable pots. We are moving over to using plastic blister cell packaging which contains at least 90% recycled content and is itself 100% recyclable. These things are important to you and are important to us.
  
  

  Customer satisfaction

  Occasionally due to circumstances beyond our control, problems can arise. If you are not satisfied in the condition of your plants upon reaching you, please contact us as soon as possible providing pictures so that we can deal with your enquiry and feedback to our courier service. We will endeavour to ensure a resolution is reached that leaves you satisfied.