Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Wildlife Value
Attracts bees.
Plant Profile: Fragaria 'Red Ruby'
Names
Ornamental Strawberry, Red Ruby Strawberry
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
Edible
Leaves
Alternate, glossy, dark green leaves in groups of three.
Semi-evergreen
Green
Alternate
Glossy
Whole Plant Traits
Perennial
Edible
Ground Cover
Semi-evergreen
Spreading
Medium
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
12 inches-3 feet
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
9a
9b
High Organic Matter
Flowers
Stem
Landscape
Container
Pollinators
Specialized Bees
Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Image Gallery
Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Attributes
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
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
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
5a
5b
6a
6b
7a
7b
8a
8b
9a
9b
Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Fragaria 'Red Ruby' Flowers
Fragaria 'Red Ruby': Flower Color
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
