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.
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.
