strawberry tree
Arbutus unedo
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones7 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size10 to 15 feet tall10 to 15 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Pinkish white
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, privacy screens, and hedges. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows slowly into a dense, evergreen shrub with pinkish white flowers that attract bees and birds. The plant is also drought tolerant and salt tolerant.
Pairs well with Lavender cotton, Woodlander bottlebrush bush, and Little bluestem.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Baleares, and 7 more places. See all 11
Europe, Middle East, Africa, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, and Türkiye.