Flowering TreesStrawberry Tree
Arbutus unedo
Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) is a slow-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 7-10, that matures to about 15-25 ft x 15-25 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect white blooms in fall and winter. It attracts bees, birds and pollinators, stands up well to drought and deer, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 7-10
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 15-25 ft x 15-25 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Fall, Winter
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Drought, Deer
- Native to
- Mediterranean and Western Europe
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Strawberry Tree is hardy to about 0°F (estimated from USDA zone 7), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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