Strawberry Fields (Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields') - red flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Strawberry Fields

Gomphrena haageana 'Strawberry Fields'

Strawberry Fields blooms from June through October.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Oct
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 9–11
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Low water
not yet checked
Mature size
20 in × 12 in
not yet checked
Type
Annual
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Strawberry Fields

Plant it in full sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 9–11. Expect it to reach about 20 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Strawberry Fields. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Strawberry Fields

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Strawberry Fields into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from June to October.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Strawberry Fields get?

Illustration of Strawberry Fields drawn to scale beside an adult20 intall5 ft 7 inan adult12 inwide
About 20 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity: knee-high beside an adult.

See Strawberry Fields in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Strawberry Fields

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Strawberry Fields about 12 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
12 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 10
4 by 8 ft bed
about 32

Add Strawberry Fields to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

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