Water Needs
Light Needs
Common Name
Dwarf Strawberry Tree
Scientific Name
Arbutus unedo 'Compacta'
Plant Type
Broadleaf Evergreen Trees, Flowering Trees, Large Shrubs
Deciduous / Evergreen
Evergreen
Special Features
White flowers yield bright, edible strawberry-like fruits. The bark contains high levels of tannins, making it useful in dyes and leather making.
Growth Habit
6-8' tall
Care Information
This handsome evergreen shrub can be grown as a large shrub or multi-trunk small tree, and is best planted where its ruddy, peeling bark can be admired as it matures. Once established, water deeply, occasionally.
