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Horticultural cultivar of the garden strawberry, a perennial from the Rosaceae family, selected primarily for the ornamentation of its flowers, remarkably different from the usual appearance of cultivated strawberries.
It forms low, spreading clumps, 15 to 20 cm in height, with trifoliate, dark green foliage, bubbly and slightly rough to the touch, characteristic of the genus. In autumn, some leaves turn bright red to flaming red-orange, offering a second ornamental interest often unexpected in a strawberry.
The flowers are semi-double to double, of a strong pink-red, almost crimson, with broad and slightly wavy petals arranged in a rosette around a well-visible yellow-orange stamen heart. Their compact habit, almost resting on the foliage, resembles small miniature roses and constitutes the most striking singularity of this cultivar. Flowering in cultivation extends from spring until the first frosts, with successive waves.
This cultivar can produce small fruits, but it is its generous and repeated flowering that justifies its place in the ornamental garden, in rock gardens, borders, or containers.
In cultivation, it requires well-drained, fresh soil, in full sun or partial shade, and propagates by stolons like any strawberry.