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Most new varieties of strawberry are selected for the value in commercial strawberry production. But the features that make a good commercial variety are not necessarily the same as those that make a good variety for gardeners. ‘Sweetheart’ comes from East Malling Research in Kent, one of the world’s...
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Rosy red flowers bring colour early in the season Sweet, bight red fruits are full of flavour Raised from seed, so without virus diseases Everbearing, so produces fruits all summer Ideal in containers Winner of the prestigious Florastar Award A strawberry with bright and colourful flowers as well as...
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Some gardeners don’t really think very much about which strawberry varieties they grow. But in terms of appearance and yield and flavour and disease-resistance it can make an enormous difference. Many of our top strawberries - for gardeners, supermarkets and greengrocers - have been bred in Britain and...
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What do we want from a new strawberry variety? My top two features would be flavour and freedom from disease and a new variety from California called ‘Albion' - now available from the RHS Online Plants Plant Shop - looks to fit the bill. ‘Albion' has long conical fruits which are pillar-box-red...
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There are lots of interesting plants, new and old, in the Growing Tastes marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show including garlic and grafted vegetables. And on the Marshalls stand there was a new strawberry and new variety of rocket. The strawberry is still grown under its reference number of...
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