Arbutus unedo ‘The Strawberry Tree’ 2L

A remarkable bee and bird-friendly evergreen shrub or small tree of year-round interest! From autumn to mid winter; rough-coated; red berry fruit appear amid the new season’s scented flower panicles. This fruit is edible and sweet when reddish. Twisted and characterful when mature; trunk and branches hang with grey-brown peeling bark which reveals an attractive cinnamon-russet inner. Very hardy to poor soil conditions; frosts; drought; shade and coastal salt.Used extensively as a pioneer plant; sheltering other species and stabiilzing the soil. Bees love the flowers; birds-the fruit. A great ornamental single-stemmed specimen tree or multi-stemmed shrub for hedges. Coastal. Mediterranean garden. Cottage and informal uses. Patios and containers. Broad-bushy; 4 x 4m.