Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 13 JulyTwo clumps of strawberries, one in a black pot and one in a terracotta pot, set on plastic saucers on grass, the left one carrying dozens of pink flowers, the right showing pale unripe fruit and trailing runners.Week of 24 AugustTwo nursery flats of strawberry plants on blue crates on gravel, their toothed leaves in threes, carrying many open rose-pink flowers and several small green fruit still in the calyx.Week of 24 AugustStrawberry plants in nursery trays carrying open double flowers of a strong rose-pink, with one fully red berry and one still white-shouldered hanging on hairy stalks below.