June’s sunshine adds extra sweetness to bumper summer for UK strawberries

Weather this year has encouraged smaller but earlier crops of sweet and bountiful fruit in gardens, RHS says

If your bowl of strawberries and cream tastes particularly sweet this year, you’re not mistaken. It is a bumper summer for strawberries, with the recent weather conditions making them more abundant and delicious than ever, according to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

Sales of strawberries are up 240% for 9cm pots and the weather has encouraged smaller but earlier, sweeter and more bountiful crops in gardens.