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 ...

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. Round, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

New research in rats indicates that a Mediterranean plant may be an effective treatment for ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease. The findings are published in the Journal of the ...

If you're looking for an attractive evergreen tree for your warm climate garden, the Arbutus tree should be a popular choice.

Its luscious red fruit is golfball-sized and hangs invitingly from its branches. This Mediterranean tree, Arbutus unedo, otherwise known as the strawberry tree or caithne, can also be found mainly in ...

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 ...

Our borders look reasonably successful from April to June, but can you suggest some cottage garden plants that will add colour to them in late summer? David Hewitt, via email It is easy enough to reel ...