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.

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USDA Hardiness Zone

7-9

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