2012-05-09 Wild Strawberries

Post date: May 09, 2012 4:35:33 PM

While we are planting plants native to Alberta and important to First Nations and Métis communities in Alberta ... some of our plants will be familiar to many people and found in many areas of North America. For instance, on a drive from Montreal to New York City this week, my husband and I (Dawn) pulled over into a rest stop where the grass was teeming with early wild flowers. Some kind of violet, and many others which I could not possibly name: But there in the middle of it all, wild strawberries - a plant we will have in our garden in Edmonton.

There were literally thousands of wild strawberry plants, only a few were flowering (it's early for the plants to be flowering in my part of the country), but I imagine 3-4 weeks from now it will be a great place to stop and have a sweet snack.