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Eshraghi Nursery - Arbutus unedo 'Compacta' (Dwarf Strawberry Tree)

Arbutus unedo 'Compacta'

Dwarf Strawberry Tree
Zone: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Exposure: Part Sun
Plant Category: Shade & Flowering Trees
Height: Minimum 4 feet , Maximum 10 feet
Width: Minimum 4 inches, Maximum 10 inches
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A rather compact-growing strawberry tree, to only 5-6 ft tall and wide in 10 years, eventually 10 ft or so, with small white-blushed-pink flowers in autumn, followed by bright orange-red fruits -- edible alone and tasty in preserves. Foliage is evergreen on red twigs and bark is handsome -- reddish, rough and shreddy. Full sun to dappled shade with good drainage and little summer water once established. Cold hardy in USDA zone 7.
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Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:27 PM

A dwarf version of the strawberry tree, which ordinarily grows 15' tall or more. It has the same rich, red-brown, flaky bark, white urn-shaped flowers in late autumn, and striking strawberry-like fruit in fall and winter, but grows just 4' x 4'. Tolerates dry soil.

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Submitted by Ref: Plantlust.com on 11/8/2012 4:27 PM

Good looking all year, this more compact medium shrub, for containers or tighter quarters, has shiny bright-green leaves ;, in fall, a profusion of white flowers followed by large rosy-red fruits. Sun/Med-Dry/GdDrain

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