Raised from a cross between Gariguette and a selection with Mara des Bois in its pedigree, it is little surprise that this new French variety has outstanding flavour. The berries have a distinctive aroma and the flavour is incredibly sweet. The plants are heavy cropping and have good resistance to powdery mildew, verticillium wilt, crown rot and red core. Strawberries are best watered by drip irrigation, try twice weekly. Remember strawberry plants no not like to be waterlogged. If you're growing strawberries indoors, it's best to plant each strawberry plant into a 15cm (6") pot of general multipurpose compost. Leave your strawberry plants outside during the autumn and winter because they require a chill period to initiate flowering the next summer.

In poor soils, some extra fertiliser during the growing season may be beneficial, use a liquid fertiliser at this stage for better uptake. After cropping, remove any straw and netting to allow better air flow around the crown of the plant. As soon as you notice small berries beginning to form, apply a tomato fertiliser weekly or fortnightly to give fruiting a boost. Remove any extra runners that develop and keep on top of your watering. You should be ready to begin harvesting from June through September depending on the varieties you choose. In the autumn, cut away any diseased or damaged foliage. In colder areas we recommend some protection over winter such as straw or a fleece. This will help the strawberries to fruit earlier next year.You can propagate from especially good plants at this time of year too. Pin the first plantlet on a good, healthy runner into a pot of compost. Once it is rooted, detach the runner from the parent plant. Late summer and early autumn are the best time to plant these new strawberries into new beds. They’ll establish well at that time of year and produce a crop next summer. As the fruits develop, place dry straw or mulching fabric underneath to stop soil splash blemishing the fruit. The strawberry developed slowly for more than 45 days from flowering which caused it’s large size at full ripening stage."

Grow your own delicious strawberries. Planted before the end of July, you will reap your first harvest this summer! This collection consists of 24 summer fruiting strawberry plants, 12 each of the following: Plants older than 3 years are usually past their prime and you will have lots of newer babies by that time. Don’t forget to sign up for our monthly The English Gardener newsletter, bringing you all the grow your own advice you need throughout the year. Sign up on the right. Grow strawberries in a well-drained soil, with added organic matter such as compost, animal manure. Drip irrigationis best to help avoid fungal diseases in plants.For bumper crops of juicy strawberries, you need well-manured soil. If your soil is particularly poor, then work in some slow-release fertiliser in the spring. Then it’s all about watering, tending your plants and keeping hungry pests at bay: