The best garden varieties of strawberries and wild strawberries

Garden strawberries, commonly known as strawberries, are the most popular and beloved berry. This healthy and incredibly tasty fruit is grown by gardeners all over the world, and vast areas are dedicated to commercial strawberry plantings. Demand for the berry is increasing every year, so new and superior strawberry varieties appear in markets and gardens with remarkable regularity. This article describes the most productive and delicious varieties recommended for growing in 2025.

Characteristics and requirements for varieties

Strawberries (garden wild strawberries) are one of those berries where the more, the better. There's hardly a gardener who's content with a single variety and isn't interested in new breeding techniques. Almost every plot grows several varieties, each with its own distinct flavor and ripening time. This approach allows for high yields and the enjoyment of healthy, refreshing berries all summer long. However, productivity depends on more than just growing conditions and proper care. It's much easier to increase yields by choosing not only the tastiest but also the most productive strawberry varieties for cultivation.

From an economic perspective, strawberries are a very profitable investment. Once you've invested in seedlings or seeds, with just a little effort, you can fully satisfy your hunger and even sell them.

But you should also understand that due to weather factors beyond your control (spring cold snaps, heavy rains, hurricanes), crop losses are possible, or the plants may not produce any berries at all.

To avoid potential surprises and losses, plant not just one strawberry variety, but several, each with a distinctly different flavor, hardiness, and ripening time. When choosing, consider the following criteria:

Large-fruited. This refers to berries weighing over 60 g, and not just those from the first harvest. These strawberries are typically the tastiest and most sought after.
Yield. Modern varieties can yield up to 1 kg of berries per bush—this yield is considered high. If your yield is far from this figure, you have a moderate-yielding variety or are experiencing problems growing it.
Berry density. When growing strawberries for commercial use, this is a key criterion. Berries with a firmer consistency transport better and retain their marketable appearance longer.
Aroma and taste. A quality product immediately reveals itself with its characteristic strawberry aroma. All natural berries have a strong scent, due to the high acid and sugar content of the pulp.
Resistance to climate change and disease. Hardy varieties require little attention, and their yield is not significantly affected by weather.
Uniformity of berries. This criterion is important in industrial cultivation, as perfectly smooth and uniformly sized berries are generally more appealing to consumers.
Simultaneous ripening. If the product is grown for sale, this criterion ensures a large harvest.
Practicality. Many plants can be grown in pots and then transplanted into the garden. This is very convenient. There are varieties equally suitable for growing in garden beds and greenhouses.

Before purchasing a new hybrid, inquire about its characteristics. If you're buying seeds, check the instructions on the packaging to learn about the varietal characteristics and choose the best strawberry varieties for your garden.

Video "Varieties and Varieties"

From the video you will learn about the varieties and types of strawberries.

Everbearing strawberry varieties

Everbearing strawberries, also known as day-neutral strawberries, are the most popular. Everyone wants to get not just one harvest, but two or more, and not just in the summer. Day-neutral strawberries typically bear fruit multiple times throughout the season, regardless of sunlight exposure.

Some gardeners believe that the main difference between day-neutral strawberries and other varieties is their ease of care and abundant fruiting, so they grow them like regular strawberries. In fact, the difference with everbearing strawberries is that they develop fruit buds not in late summer, as usual, but during long or day-neutral periods, resulting in a constantly fruiting bush.

Pink flamingo

A favorite variety among Italians and Americans, it is grown in pots at home in these countries because the Pink Flamingo strawberry is very decorative. Fruiting is abundant year-round. The berries are medium-sized (40-50 g), bright red, sweet, with a slight tartness, reminiscent of citrus.

Strawberry Charlotte

A French variety that bears fruit year-round. Among everbearing hybrids, it is considered the benchmark for flavor, as its berries are distinguished by an absolutely sweet taste, with a slight hint of wild strawberry, and an extraordinary aroma.

Murano

The Murano strawberry variety stands out for its beautiful conical berries, weighing 25-30 g but incredibly sweet. They are very attractive: bright, dense, and shiny, clustered several at a time on the fruiting clusters. The plants are undemanding to lighting and can bear fruit all year round indoors.

Heavenly delight

A new everbearing hybrid suitable for growing in any conditions: outdoors, in greenhouses, and in pots. The berries are medium-sized (up to 30 g), very aromatic, with an incredibly sweet flavor and a light raspberry aftertaste. The bush is vigorous yet compact, completely covered with numerous clusters of berries. Fruiting is year-round.

Strawberry Varnavin

An incredibly decorative trailing variety for growing in pots or along fences. The shoots are long and quickly unravel. The trailing bush has multiple flower stalks and long tendrils, on which flowers bloom and small (up to 30 g), but very juicy fruits ripen simultaneously.

Early and new varieties

Every year, breeders never cease to amaze us with new achievements, and we hope that 2025 will be no exception. It's now common to use raspberries for hybridizing strawberries, which makes it all the more interesting: what other berries can be crossed with this crop?

Recently, new strawberry varieties have emerged that boast exceptional yields and extremely early fruiting. These are primarily Dutch varieties, but Italian and even domestic ones are also available.

Strawberry Fleur

One of the earliest Dutch hybrids with a short ripening period—just four weeks. This garden strawberry variety is characterized by simultaneous mass flowering and fruit ripening. The berries are in the middle (25-30 g), sweet, dense, of the same size, and have an excellent marketable appearance.

Strawberry Jolie

One of the newest and earliest varieties bred by Italians. The plants are compact, not dense, and resistant to disease and cold. The berries are medium-sized (up to 35 g), cone-shaped, and firm in consistency, with a pleasant dessert-like flavor.

Surprise for the Olympics

This late-ripening, but new, domestically bred variety (Michurin Research Institute) is still undergoing testing. It is resistant to external factors. The berries are small (10-30 g), firm, and a beautiful burgundy color. The pulp has a sweet flavor with a subtle tartness.

Large varieties of strawberries

Large-fruited garden strawberry varieties occupy a place of honor in every garden plot. Seeing how large and beautiful the fruit you've grown is a true pleasure for a gardener. The following varieties are among the largest:

Sensation

A truly outstanding variety with sensationally large berries (100-150 g). It's a true giant among large-fruited hybrids. The berries are bright red, with juicy pink flesh and a fragrant strawberry aroma.

Gigantella

An elite Dutch mid-season variety with equally attractive fruits. The bushes are large and spreading. The berries are massive (up to 100 g), bright scarlet, and have firm, sweet flesh.

Marvelous

The Divnaya strawberry variety was developed back in the 1980s by Russian breeders and remains popular to this day thanks to its remarkable frost resistance. The fruits are large, slightly dry, with a sweet-tart flavor, and transport well.

Mashenka

An early-ripening hybrid with equally large fruits (about 100 g). The berries have a refreshing, sweet-and-sour flavor. The bushes are lush, with rapid tendril formation, grow quickly, and are sensitive to temperature fluctuations.

Early strawberry varieties

Early is a variety of strawberry that ripens in late May – first ten days of June.

Dawn

The early strawberry variety "Zarya" was developed by domestic breeders. It is distinguished by its high winter hardiness and disease immunity. The bush is vigorous, producing medium-sized, round-conical berries, bright red, with a pleasant, slightly tart flavor.

Rumba

The Rumba strawberry variety is an early hybrid of Dutch selection. It is highly resistant to disease and rot, and transports well. The berries are large (approximately 50 g), have a beautiful, rich color, and a pleasant, sweet flavor.

Alba

If you're unsure which strawberry variety is the sweetest, plant Alba. It's an early hybrid of Italian selection, perfectly adapted to cool climates. The berries are large, rich red in color, the flesh is light, and has a delicious dessert taste.

Mid-season strawberry varieties

Varieties that ripen from mid-June to early July are considered mid-season.

Tago

The most productive and resilient mid-season strawberry variety, Tago strawberries are well-adapted to cold temperatures and disease-resistant. Tago berries are large (about 70 g), bright red, and have dark, very sweet flesh, making them ideal for jams and marmalades.
Fairy

The Fairy strawberry variety was developed by domestic breeders from Kuibyshev. It is cold- and disease-resistant and high-yielding.

The bushes are compact and do not droop. The berries are medium-sized (10-35 g), truncated-conical, shiny, dark red, and sweet and sour.

California Miracle

A magnificent, high-yielding hybrid with large berries (up to 60 g). The bushes are vigorous, the leaves are massive, and the flowering is abundant and long-lasting. The berries are high in sugar, making them an excellent choice for jam.

Late strawberry varieties

Late garden strawberries are a great way to enjoy berries in mid-summer, as they ripen by the end of June – beginning of August.

Princess Diana

A subspecific hybrid form with impressive productivity. Plants are capable of developing and flowering in cold conditions, and fruiting is uniform and abundant. The berries are aromatic, shiny on the surface, wedge-shaped, have a pleasant sweet taste, and are transportable.

Bohemia

An ideal choice for dry, cool climates, the Bohemia hybrid strawberry is particularly easy to grow. The plants are undemanding regarding soil conditions and continue blooming even after frost. The berries are a beautiful, marketable color: dark red and fragrant.

Avis Delight

A highly productive hybrid with a harmonious flavor and aroma. The berries are medium-sized (20-25 g), firm, and very sweet. Under favorable conditions, the Evis Delight strawberry yield can reach 3 kg per plant.

Pandora

Recently, the British-bred Pandora variety has enjoyed extraordinary popularity. This excitement may be due to the fact that Pandora is the latest of all late-ripening strawberries—it ripens after all other strawberries have been eaten and turned into jam. Pandora is sensitive to cold and has difficulty entering dormancy. Furthermore, the plants require pollinators, which can be difficult to find at this time of year. Despite these shortcomings, Pandora strawberries are loved for their beautiful burgundy berries, unusually large for midsummer, and their surprisingly sweet flavor.

Video "Growing for Sale"

This video will show you how to grow strawberries for sale.