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Alpine Strawberry White : seeds

$4.25

Alpine Strawberry is a PERENNIAL growing to 30cm with trifoliate leaves, white flowers and sweet, small white when ripe strawberry fruit.

Prefers moist well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade, and can grow in heavy clay soil.

Fruit and leaves are edible and has medicinal use. It is used as a cosmetic herb.

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Description

The fruit is used as cultivated strawberry, eaten raw or cooked and made into preserves. With an exquisite sweet taste.

Young leaves can be eaten as a salad herb or cooked.

Tea can be made from the leaves.

Leaves are mainly used as a medicine and are excellent to take when feverish.

Fruit sliced can help soothe sunburnt skin. A tea can be a blood tonic.

Roots are used medicinally too.

Flowers are a compost activator and the fruit is used to remove stains from teeth.

Fruit is used for skin-care creams to tone and whiten skin, combat wrinkles, lighten freckles and soothe the skin.

Additional information

Count

30
Other Names

Latin Name

(Fragaria vesca var Alba or Fragraria alpina)

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