Vox Humana wrote:

"kate" wrote in message
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Fleemo wrote:

A little patch of what I believe to be wild strawberry (or ornamental
strawberry, I'm guessing) sprang up in my perennial garden this
season. The leaves look like strawberry leaves, but the strawberries
are small, pistachio-sized fruits that don't look particularly
appetizing. The foliage is fairly attractive, but I'm wondering if
there's a downside to giving it some space in my garden. Is it
invasive?

I'm in TN and my yard has more wild strawberry then grass. It's invasive
in the gardens, but easy to pull.

I noticed some wild strawberry in my back lawn a couple of years ago and
thought it was novel. What a mistake! Now my lawn is overtaken with the
stuff. It invaded some perennial beds. I spent two days pulling the stuff
from a bed of ground cover. I didn't find it at all easy to pull, but my
soil is heavy clay. My fingertips were raw. The wort part is that if you
don't get every last trace it just grows back. Even the wildlife won't eat
the berries.

But my dog will. He loves it when I weed and toss the leaves and
berries.