Plant Profile: Fragaria 'Red Ruby'

Names

Ornamental Strawberry, Red Ruby Strawberry

  • Photo of Fragaria 'Red Ruby' (Fragaria 'Red Ruby's)

Phonetic Spelling:frah-GAYR-ee-ah

Genus:Fragaria

Species:

Family:Rosaceae

The plant propagates through slender, wire-like stolons.

Wildlife Significance: Species within the genus Fragaria provide support for the specialized bee Andrena (Micrandrena) melanochroa.

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Feature Summary

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Image Gallery

Tags

#evergreen
#wildlife plant
#nectar plant
#specialized bees
#deer resistant
#edible fruits
#pollinator plant
#bird friendly
#non-toxic for horses
#non-toxic for dogs
#non-toxic for cats
#broadleaf

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Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Feature Summary

Attributes
Attracts bees.
Fruit, but flowers only occasionally produce them
Perennial
Attracts Pollinators
Fruit
Only occasionally produces red edible fruit
Red/Burgundy
Leaves
Alternate, glossy, dark green leaves in groups of three.
Whole Plant Traits
Perennial
Edible
Ground Cover
Spreading
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Good Drainage
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
9a
9b
High Organic Matter
Flowers
4-5 petals/rays
1-3 inches
Landscape
Pollinators
Specialized Bees

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Attributes

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Wildlife Value

Attracts bees.

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Edibility

Fruit, but flowers only occasionally produce them

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Life Cycle

Annual
Biennial
Bulb
Perennial
Woody

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Play Value

Attractive Flowers
Attracts Pollinators
Buffer
Colorful
Defines Paths
Easy to Grow
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Pieces Used in Games
Screening
Shade
Sound
Textural
Wildlife Cover/Habitat
Wildlife Food Source
Wildlife Larval Host
Wildlife Nesting
Wind Break
Wind Shimmer

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Fruit

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Fruit Description

Only occasionally produces red edible fruit

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Fruit Color

grass
Red/Burgundy

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Fruit Value To Gardener

Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Leaves

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Leaf Description

Alternate, glossy, dark green leaves in groups of three.

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Leaf Color

spa
Green

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Leaf Arrangement

Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Hairs Present

No
Yes

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Leaf Feel

Fleshy
Glossy
Leathery
Papery
Prickly
Rough
Rubbery
Slippery
Smooth
Soft
Velvety
Waxy

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Whole Plant Traits

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Plant Type

Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics

Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Habit/Form

Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Growth Rate

Slow
Medium
Rapid

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Cultural Conditions

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Light

Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Soil Drainage

Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Available Space To Plant

12 inches-3 feet
12-24 feet
24-60 feet
3 feet-6 feet
6-feet-12 feet
Less than 12 inches
more than 60 feet

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': NC Region

Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

thermostat
5a
thermostat
5b
thermostat
6a
thermostat
6b
thermostat
7a
thermostat
7b
thermostat
8a
thermostat
8b
thermostat
9a
thermostat
9b

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Soil Texture

Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Flowers

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Flower Color

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Pink

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Flower Petals

2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Flower Size

1-3 inches
3-6 inches
< 1 inch
> 6 inches

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Stem

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Stem Is Aromatic

No
Yes

Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Landscape

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Landscape Location

Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland

Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Attracts

Bats
Bees
Butterflies
Frogs
Hummingbirds
Moths
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
Reptiles
Small Mammals
Songbirds
Specialized Bees