Wednesday 7 November 2018

Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)


Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree)

A large, bushy evergreen shrub, Arbutus unedo (Strawberry Tree), is putting on quite a colourful show in the Fellow's garden at the moment. Upon closer inspection the evergreen stems are covered in colourful fruit and creamy white flowers. A mix of red, orange and yellow strawberry-like fruit hang together in clusters all over the shrub, they are edible but are said to leave a bit of an unpleasant aftertaste, ('unedo'  means 'I eat one') and this blogging gardener is not going to test this out, but there is a gardener with a culinary background in the team that will. The fruit have formed from the previous year's flowers so next autumn this shrub should be covered in colourful fruit again. 

Colourful fruit

Flowers and Fruit

Colourful fruit

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