Botanical Name: Arbutus unedo
Common Name: strawberry tree
Family: Ericaceae
Distribution/Origin: Mediterranean
Leaf/Bud: evergreen, glabrous, simple, elliptic, entire margin
Flower/Inflorescence: bloom Oct - Dec, panicle of small creamy urn-shaped flowers
Fruit/Seed: red berry - tastes good, small red bud
Stem/Bark: showy red bark, multi-stemmed
Size: height 4 - 8m, spread 4 - 8m (gets big)
Habit: upright, spreading
Form: bush-like, dense
Culture: full sun, well-drained soil
Landscape Use: shrub, tree
Notes: easy to grow