What: Arbutus unedo is a four-season evergreen shrub with outstanding flowers, fruit, leaves and bark. The small urn-shaped, whitish-pink flowers are produced from October to December. Three-quarter ...

A member of the heath family, it belongs to the genus Arbutus, of which there are at least fourteen species of flowering shrubs and trees. Arbutus unedo is indigenous to southern Europe and Ireland.

), a broad-leaved flowering evergreen with everything but fragrance to recommend it, looks terrific year-round and does well in the Northwest. A cousin of the Northwest native madrone it's hardy to ...

As UC Marin Master Gardeners, we have an obligation to provide science-based information. Sometimes, though, the science we need is elusive. Take the strawberry tree, the Arbutus ‘Marina’ or unedo.

In a corner of our backyard patio, we enjoy a strawberry arbutus tree (Arbutus unedo) with a canopy that provides shade for us and home for several generations of hummingbirds. We planted it 10 years ...

Compact evergreen trees for winter presence are few and far between. But the strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, delivers beautifully with its neatly serrated leathery foliage and refined shape. By late ...

Winter birds need all they can help they can get, especially when it comes to food and shelter this time of the year. The tiny Anna’s hummingbirds that overwinter in local gardens especially need ...

My neighbor Lars recently replanted his hillside and included some strawberry trees, Arbutus unedo. Strawberry tree is native to southwest Ireland, southern Europe and parts of the Mediterranean ...

You may not realize this, but strawberries grow on trees. They do, that is, if the tree is Arbutus unedo. The strawberry tree is part of the Arbutus genus, made up of 14 species of evergreen shrubs or ...

Winter birds need all they can help they can get, especially when it comes to food and shelter this time of the year. The tiny Anna’s hummingbirds that overwinter here on the North Coast especially ...

Pacific madrone and strawberry tree are two similar evergreen trees. Our native madrone, Arbutus menziesii, grows to 120 feet and is distinct in the landscape because of its smooth red bark and glossy ...

Seeing double: Arbutus unedo, the strawberry tree, bears flowers and fruit simultaneously Ursula Buchan says the strawberry tree is a remarkable plant because it simultaneously bears flowers and fruit ...