Everwilde Farms - 30 Wild Strawberry Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Seed Packet

Native to the United States, this plant bears tiny, wild strawberries. They are flavorful and sweet, albeit seedier than their cultivated cousins. Great for the homestead garden! These tiny wild strawberries have a very widespread habitat, and can be commonly found in the wild. Native Americans and early settlers used them extensively for culinary purposes, while wild animals of all kinds found them a valuable source of food. Their rich, delicious flavor makes them a valuable genetic parent of nearly all modern strawberry hybrids, along with a South American native strawberry. This hybridization first took place in the late 18th century at the Royal Gardens at the Louvre in France, where scientist A. W. Duchesne (1747-1827) found that the flavor of one native variety and the size of the other would combine to make an extremely superior variety of strawberry.