Fragaria ‘Red Ruby’
Ornamental strawberry
Most strawberries are cultivated for their familiar fruits, but some, like this one, are cultivated as ornamental plants. These are not found in the wild.
Plants: Wild strawberry flowers are white, and those of several strawberry-like plants are yellow. Most cultivated strawberries also have white flowers, while a few are light pink. These strawberries are bred for their deep pink flowers. Plants are about 5″ (12 cm) high and 1–2′ (30–60 cm) around.
Leaves: Leaf stalks up to 6″ (15 cm) long bear groups of three leaves. Each leaf is oval in shape, with a serrated edge, about ¾–1½″ (1.9–3.8 cm) long.
Flowers: ¼–¾″ (8.3–19 mm) in diameter, with five rose pink petals.
Fruits: This cultivar produces very little fruit, since it is cultivated for its flowers.
Habitats: Sun to light shade; well-drained soil.
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Some strawberry or strawberry-like species. |
Online References:
Fragaria בRed Ruby’
8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 2½ × 1¾″ (6.4 × 5 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Rosales | Rose family and eight others |
| Family | Rosaceae | Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others |
| Genus | Fragaria | From the Latin fraga, “strawberry,” which derives from fragum, “fragrant,” from the fragrance of the fruit |
Fragaria ‘Red Ruby’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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