Strawberry Plants

Grow your own strawberries with our range of strawberry plants. Each season, we source the best varieties to give you the strongest start and the highest chance of a bumper, flavour-filled harvest.

These garden strawberry plants are easy to grow and incredibly rewarding. They can be planted directly into garden beds, raised planters, or hanging baskets, where their trailing runners create a charming cascade of fruit. Whether you choose potted or bare root strawberry plants, each one is selected for its health, strength, and suitability for UK conditions.

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What’s the best strawberry plant to buy?

tips straight from our growers

New to growing strawberries? Start with a delicious classic like like ‘Honeoye’, ‘Cambridge Favourite’ or ‘Elsanta’. All reliable, very popular in the UK, and great for beginners.

Want an everbearing strawberry plant? Try Flamenco – one of the longest fruiting varieties in the UK. This hardy strawberry plant starts producing in early summer and keeps going right through to autumn.

Looking for the sweetest strawberry varieties to grow? Marshmello or Sweetheart are wonderfully sweet. Known for their soft texture and extra-juicy flavour.

Planting your strawberries in pots? Try compact types like ‘Honeoye’ or even our Strawberry Plant Trio - great for small spaces.

Looking for something different? The Unusual White Variety is not your average strawberry. Sweet with a tropical flavour - a fun one to grow with kids!

strawberry plants for hanging-baskets

you can grow them in a hanging-basket

You don’t need a garden bed to grow strawberries - hanging pots or baskets work brilliantly. Many strawberry plants trail naturally, making them a great choice for baskets where they can spill over the sides.Depending on your basket size, you can even mix a few strawberry varieties to grow together. Great for patios, balconies, or smaller gardens.

Why Should You Buy Strawberry Plants from Carbeth Plants?

Strawberries aren't just another crop; they're genuinely one of our specialities. We've spent years testing varieties in actual UK conditions, figuring out what tastes best and produces reliably in local gardens. Not in some theoretical perfect climate, but in real soggy local soil with unpredictable weather.

This passion for quality shows in everything. How we grow the plants, how we select them, and how we pack them up properly so they actually arrive looking decent. It matters.

Premium options that suit different budgets: Bare-root plants if you want affordability and don't mind waiting a bit. Potted plants, if you want something that gets going quicker. Both have strong root systems, and we make sure of that.

Chosen for actual taste, not just looks: We pick varieties that taste brilliant and produce loads of fruit. Sweet, big berries that make growing them worthwhile. Perfect for family gardens where kids actually eat the harvest.

Properly checked before dispatch: Every order gets inspected by hand before leaving. We look for healthy roots, full leaves, and zero disease. Sounds basic, but plenty of nurseries skip this step.

Packed to arrive in good shape: Careful packing protects roots and keeps moisture where it should be. Plants arrive ready to go straight in the ground, not half-dead from sitting in boxes.

Real gardening advice: Our small team genuinely enjoys helping. Need tips on planting? Can't decide which variety suits your space? Just ask—we are happy to help.

When you buy from Carbeth Plants, you're getting proper gardening experience and personal care, not faceless online ordering.

Seasonal Interest: Fresh Fruit All Year Long

Nothing beats watching strawberries ripen in the sun. Pick the right varieties and you'll be harvesting for months, not just a brief two-week window.

Spring: Bare root strawberry plants wake up properly with loads of fresh green leaves pushing through. This is when you know they've settled in well.

Summer: Bright red fruit ripens everywhere—filling baskets, bowls, borders. Peak strawberry season when you're sick of eating them (just kidding, that never happens).

Autumn: Late-season varieties keep producing into early autumn, often tasting even sweeter as temperatures cool slightly.

Winter: Plants rest completely, storing energy underground. Dormant doesn't mean dead—they're just preparing for another strong season ahead.

Look after your strawberry plants properly and they'll keep producing for up to three years before needing replacement. Decent value for effort.

How to Care for and Grow Strawberry Plants

Growing strawberries is genuinely simple and ridiculously rewarding. These plants need surprisingly little but give loads back—sweet red fruit, fragrant white flowers, glossy green leaves all summer long.

Planting: Pick a sunny, sheltered spot with soil that drains well and has decent nutrients. Plant bare root strawberry crowns from late autumn through early spring when they're dormant.

Watering: Keep soil consistently moist during dry spells, especially when fruit is developing. They hate drying out completely at this stage.

Feeding: Apply balanced fertiliser in spring; top up with compost annually. Don't go mad—too much nitrogen gives you leaves instead of fruit.

Mulching: Spread straw or bark around plants to suppress weeds and keep fruit clean off the soil. This stops them from rotting from ground contact.

Renewal: Replace old plants every three years for best results. They get tired and produce less after that point.

Care for your strawberry plants through the seasons, and they'll return the favour with generous harvests year after year. Nothing compares to homegrown strawberries eaten warm from the plant.

Our Guarantee of Quality and Delivery

We make sure to grow, check and pack every strawberry plant from Carbeth Plants very carefully so that it arrives at your door in perfect condition.

  • Quick and dependable delivery across the UK.
  • Some plants can be delivered the next day.
  • Freshly packed, with roots safe for shipping

Your plants will be healthy, well-watered, and ready to go right into the garden or planters.

Bring Home the Summer Flavour

Strawberry plants bring quite a happiness to every garden, from the first white flowers of spring to the ruby-red harvests of summer.

Get started on your own patch of sweetness today! With Carbeth Plants, you can enjoy homegrown flavour all year long with our full collection of strawberry fruit plants.

Frequently Asked Questions

In the UK, the best time to plant strawberry plants is between March and April or in the fall (September to October), so that you can get crops earlier the next summer.
Yes, most garden strawberry plants are perennials, which means they come back every year. The first three years are when they produce the most fruit.
If you want bigger fruit, give them full sun, water them regularly, and cut off any runners. Using a fertiliser with a lot of potash can help the yield and taste.
Most types of fruit are from late May to July, but everbearing types can keep producing until early fall.
Of course. Strawberries do well in pots and hanging baskets, but you need to keep the compost moist and give the plants a lot of light.
Strawberry plants usually only produce fruit for about three years before they need to be replaced.