This popular fruit is high in vitamin C. Plants from the nursery will produce a crop 1 year after spring planting. Strawberries produce a maximum crop for 2 to 3 years.
Plants grow from a central crown.
Every year branch crowns grow from the mother plant. These branch crowns do not form roots, but they do produce foliage and flowers. Branch crowns and runners crowd each other and the mother plant, reducing productivity over a 3-year period. The primary root of a strawberry plant lives for one year. New roots form higher on the crown, making the plant look like it is growing out of the ground.