What is the meaning of mara de bois?
The name Mara Des Bois roughly translates from French to mean the “strawberries of the woods.” The variety acquired its moniker for its nostalgic flavor of wild strawberries, but with hardier, more durable growth characteristics for improved cultivation.
What do Mara des Bois strawberries taste like?
Mara des Bois flavor Mara des Bois strawberries are extremely flavorful with a medium-soft flesh that tastes very sweet and noticeably floral.
Is Mara de Bois everbearing?
It is a remontant (everbearing) variety that produces fruit in summer to early fall in the first year, but in subsequent years produces a heavy spring crop with continued production throughout the growing season.
Is Mara des Bois an alpine strawberry?
Fragaria x ananassa 'Mara des Bois' is an alpine strawberry but its fruits are equal in size to modern cultivars. Plant in spring in pots or in the ground.
This distant relative of the woodland Strawberry produces aromatic fruits about the size of acorns with a rich, sweet flavor and tender flesh.
Planted in the spring, Mara des Bois will produce fruit during the summer into the fall. Mara des Bois is the top choice for fruiting strawberries in hanging baskets or containers. Though considered a lower-yielding specialty variety for home gardeners, growers find a captive market due to its fruit quality.
A strong performing strawberry plant with remarkable fragrance. This variety produces small to medium fruit and contains the highest flavor and fragrance of …