WHAT: Arbutus unedo is a four-season evergreen shrub with outstanding flowers, fruit, leaves and bark. The small, urn-shaped, whitish-pink flowers are produced from October to December. Round, ...

In a corner of our backyard patio, we enjoy a strawberry arbutus tree (Arbutus unedo) with a canopy that provides shade for us and home for several generations of hummingbirds. We planted it 10 years ...

A member of the heath family, it belongs to the genus Arbutus, of which there are at least fourteen species of flowering shrubs and trees. Arbutus unedo is indigenous to southern Europe and Ireland.

What: Arbutus unedo is a four-season evergreen shrub with outstanding flowers, fruit, leaves and bark. The small urn-shaped, whitish-pink flowers are produced from October to December. Three-quarter ...

You may not realize this, but strawberries grow on trees. They do, that is, if the tree is Arbutus unedo. The strawberry tree is part of the Arbutus genus, made up of 14 species of evergreen shrubs or ...

WITH ITS broad-leaved, evergreen foliage, shiny red bark, pink urn-shaped flowers, festive multicolored fruit of orange and yellow, and crooked maroon trunk, it is arguably the most beautiful tree in ...

As UC Marin Master Gardeners, we have an obligation to provide science-based information. Sometimes, though, the science we need is elusive. Take the strawberry tree, the Arbutus ‘Marina’ or unedo.

Cindy asks: I enjoy growing native plants and I have quite a collection. It has been enjoyable growing plants that require minimal care and water, but look great most of the year. Are there any native ...

A previously spectacular mature Arbutus unedo tree at the end of our garden absolutely hated the drought conditions of the summer and is now looking distressed, with gaps in its foliage. There is a ...