Plant Details
Arbutus unedo
Strawberry Tree
Exposure:
Dappled Shade
Plant Category:
Deciduous Shrubs & Broadleaf Evergreens
Height:
Minimum 25 feet , Maximum 30 feet
Width: Minimum 20 feet , Maximum 30 feet
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Width: Minimum 20 feet , Maximum 30 feet
A large shrub, 12-15' in height. Delicate, greenish-ivory, urn shaped blooms appear in October, at the same time the fruit of the previous year are ripening into bright red, strawberry-like berries. Leaves are dark green and serrated, 2-4" long and half as wide. This beautiful, well-behaved plant takes well to pruning or looks grand left to grow in its own artistic manner.
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Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:20 PM
Large shrub to small tree, to 15' in 15 years and 30' eventually, with small pearly pink flowers in mid to late winter, followed by bright orange and red fruits -- food for birds and jam fruit for the enterprising cook. Full sun to dappled shade with good drainage and little summer water once established. Cold hardy in USDA zone 8.
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Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:20 PM
A large shrub with shiny green leaves all year, the Strawberry Tree has rough scaly red-brown bark. The late summer pancles of white/pink flowers change to nickel-sized red orbs in the late fall. zone 7
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