Alpine Strawberry "Four Season" – Seeds (Fragaria vesca) Heirloom

The Alpine Strawberry "Four Season" is a traditional heirloom variety renowned for its sweet, aromatic fruits and continuous harvest. Unlike common strawberries, this variety is grown from seed and produces small, intensely flavored berries from early summer until the first frosts.

Compact and hardy, it’s perfect for garden beds, borders, containers, or even hanging baskets. The plant is perennial, returning year after year with delicious fruit. Its small red berries are highly fragrant and make an excellent treat fresh from the garden, or can be used in jams, desserts, and baking.

How to Grow

• Sow indoors: February – April (surface sow, needs light to germinate)

• Germination: 14–28 days at 18–22°C

• Transplant: Harden off and plant out after last frost, spacing 25 cm apart

• Position: Sunny or partial shade

• Soil: Moist, fertile, well-drained soil

• Watering: Keep soil evenly moist, especially in dry weather

Key Features

• Heirloom variety – traditional, full of flavor

• Perennial – produces fruit year after year

• Bears fruit from summer until frost

• Compact plants – ideal for pots, containers, and edging

• Small, sweet, and highly aromatic berries

Harvest

• Harvesting period: June – October (first year from summer if started early)

• Pick berries regularly to encourage continuous fruiting.

Short Tip

Surface-sow seeds and do not cover – strawberry seeds need light to germinate. Patience is rewarded with continuous fruiting plants.