| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9a |
| Plant Height: | 4 to 8 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 18 to 24 inches |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Other: Everbearing until first frost, large deep-red and full-flavoured berries |
| Flowers: | Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Pink Other: pinkish-white blooms |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Foliage Mound Height: | Well-suited to baskets and window boxes - everbearing compact, bushy plants bear large fruit 1 to 3 inches |
| Uses: | Suitable as Annual Suitable for forage |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Other Beneficial Insects: Ladybugs and lacewings, assassin bugs, parasitic wasps, and centipedess |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Can handle transplanting |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Layering Stolons and runners |
| Pollinators: | Wasps Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees Various insects |
| Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Suitable for hanging baskets |
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