Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

hybrid strawberry tree | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Shrubs

Plants > Shrubs

hybrid strawberry tree

Arbutus × andrachnoides

★ RHS AGMLow Maintenance

Genus: Arbutus
Family: Ericaceae

About this plant

A bushy, evergreen, shrubby tree with attractive peeling cinnamon-brown bark and glossy mid green leaves, whitish beneath. Small white urn-shaped flowers sometimes tinged pink are produced in panicles from autumn to spring. Small orange-red autumn fruits are rarely produced

Growing Information

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

LoamSandyClay

AcidNeutralAlkaline

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Well Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in humus-rich, well-drained soil in full sun with shelter from cold winds

Pruning

Pruning group 1 but pruning should be kept to a minimum

Propagation

Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in late summer

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids

Diseases

Arbutus leaf spot may be a problem

Garden Uses

Uses

Flower BordersGround CoverLow Maintenance

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

4-8 Metres

Spread

4-8 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Twenty To Fifty Years