Is there anything sweeter than a homegrown summer strawberry? Maybe one plucked from a plant covered in pretty pink blooms. Gardener Katherine Rowe explores pink-flowering strawberry varieties perfect for hanging baskets or containers this season.
Nothing beats a strawberry freshly picked from the garden. Pink-flowering strawberries don’t just offer delicious summer fruits—they also add a lovely ornamental touch. There’s something irresistible about strawberries with pink flowers spilling over a hanging basket or trailing from a pot. These pretty plants work beautifully as groundcover, blending the vegetable garden and ornamental border. Just make sure to place them where you can enjoy their beauty up close and pick berries easily.
Strawberries are easy-to-grow herbaceous perennials, putting all their energy into flowering and fruiting in a single season. The genus Fragaria includes about 12 strawberry species, along with many cultivars that produce fruits ranging from scarlet to white to purple. Their five-petaled flowers are usually bright white with yellow centers—sweet and showy—but the pink varieties add a unique ornamental twist. Dark green, three-lobed leaves create an attractive backdrop.
Strawberries produce berries at different times, depending on the cultivar. June-bearing varieties yield a heavy crop of large berries early in the season. Everbearing types produce smaller berries continuously throughout the growing season, bringing a steady supply of sweetness to beds, borders, and containers. Flowers and berries appear in a big flush in spring, then every six weeks until fall’s frost. Their compact growth makes them ideal for pots, where you can admire (and pick) the dangling berries.
In northern climates with cool summers, plant strawberry crowns in spring. In hotter regions, plant them in fall for harvest during cooler months. For an early start, sow seeds indoors before your area’s last frost date.
Pink-flowering strawberries are delightful from bloom to berry—and don’t forget pineberries! This white strawberry hybrid has a light pineapple flavor and pink-blushed fruits, making a charming (and tasty) pairing with pink flowers.
‘Berried Treasure Pink’
The strawberry variety boasts semi-double, light-pink flowers with yellow centers.
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Berried Treasure Pink’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 12–16″
Hardiness zones: 4–9
‘Berried Treasure Pink’ is full of charm, with semi-double pink blooms on a sturdy plant. Its mounding habit, reaching over a foot tall, makes it a standout in solo or mixed arrangements. The ruffled pink blossoms with yellow centers attract pollinators like bees.
An everbearing variety, ‘Berried Treasure’ provides continuous harvests and repeat blooms. It develops short runners over time, which trail nicely over container edges (or trim them to keep plants tidy). Heat-tolerant and disease-resistant, this pink-flowered strawberry is a winner in every way.
Unlike some varieties that need a year to establish, ‘Berried Treasure’ fruits in its first season—whether grown from transplant or seeds started indoors. You’ll enjoy both pink blossoms and flavorful berries the same summer.
‘Toscana’
The variety yields blooms and fruits until the first frost
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Toscana’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 6–12″
Hardiness zones: 4–9
‘Toscana’ enchants with deep carmine-pink flowers and golden centers. An everbearing type, it produces flowers and fruits until frost. With minimal runners, it trails beautifully in hanging baskets or container edges.
Reaching maturity quickly, ‘Toscana’ brightens seasonal plantings, herb gardens, or mixed pots. Sweet, juicy red berries follow the blooms. This showy pink-flowered strawberry is a FleuroStar award winner.
Perfect for small spaces like patios and balconies, ‘Toscana’ benefits from post-harvest pruning—trim stems and remove old leaves to let sunlight reach new growth.
‘Rainbow Treasure’
This variety features multiple hues between its blooms and fruits
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Rainbow Treasure’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 8–12″
Hardiness zones: 4–9
‘Rainbow Treasure’ lives up to its name with pink, white, and deep rose flowers for a soft, shimmering effect. The sizable berries are sweet and fragrant, with a harvest possible the same season—whether from transplants or seeds started indoors early.
Its creeping stems make a lovely groundcover around perennials, border edges, or fruiting shrubs like blueberries. Yet it’s just as perfect for vertical planters and pots, where its bushy growth, trailing stems, and multi-toned blooms add delicate beauty alongside tasty fruit.
Disease-resistant and uniform, ‘Rainbow Treasure’ has a long germination period (three to four weeks or more), so opt for crowns or start seeds indoors in February or March for summer berries.
‘Tarpan’
The variety is a hybrid that produces petite fruits and blooms.
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Tarpan’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 10–12″
Hardiness zones: 5–8
‘Tarpan’ brings rich, semi-double fuchsia blooms with sunny yellow centers to the strawberry patch. An everbearing alpine hybrid, it offers more robust growth and larger flowers than typical alpine varieties—though the berries remain small to medium.
Firm and flavorful, the fruits keep coming until fall frost, perfect for snacking straight from the plant. The vivid pink flowers pop against dark green foliage, making ‘Tarpan’ as ornamental as it is productive.
‘Tristan’
This variety is a prolific bloomer that yields one-inch fragrant and flavorful fruits.
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Tristan’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 6–10″
Hardiness zones: 5–8
Also sold as Berries Galore Rose™, ‘Tristan’ packs a punch with masses of deep pink flowers and one-inch berries. Fruits ripen every 3–4 days in ideal conditions—sugary, aromatic, and perfect for steady picking.
The large rose-colored blooms contrast beautifully with glossy leaves. An early bloomer, it spreads gently (reaching 18–24″ wide) with few runners, ideal for containers or hanging baskets.
‘Gasana’
The plant produces richly sweet, conical fruits, alongside big and bright blooms.
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Gasana’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 12″
Hardiness zones: 4–8
A standout seedling of ‘Toscana’, ‘Gasana’ dazzles with large, bright pink flowers and richly flavored conical berries. The ruffled petals shine from spring to fall, with fruiting starting in early summer.
Its runners form a low groundcover or trail gracefully from window boxes and vertical planters. Semi-evergreen in frost-free zones, this everbearer is as reliable as it is pretty.
‘Ruby Ann’
The plant boasts ruby-red blooms and medium-sized fruits.
Botanical name: Fragaria x ananassa ‘Ruby Ann’
Sun requirements: Full sun
Height: 8–12″
Hardiness zones: 4–8
Part of the Berry Basket™ series, ‘Ruby Ann’ boasts vibrant red flowers that mirror its deep red fruits. Compact and vigorous, it produces few runners, cascading neatly for easy picking.
The medium-sized berries have excellent flavor, and the blooms (with golden stamens) attract pollinators. For a bold twist, garnish dishes with the edible red flowers—if you can resist leaving them on the plant!
