This small cultivar tree forms an upright spreading habit with smooth red-brown bark that peels to reveal yellowish new bark. It has broad lanced-shaped mid-green leaves and the urn-shaped white to pink flowers appear in a pendent cluster during winter.

Hardiness zones 7 to 9 

Arbutus x andrachnoides is naturally found from south-east Europe to south-west Asia growing in well drained, fertile moist light soils in an open sunny position and is frost and drought tender.

This Strawberry Tree is grown for its attractive bark and foliage.
It is planted in parks and gardens along borders for screening or as a small shade tree in cool moist gardens. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions and has a moderate growth rate establishing in 3 to 5 years.

Arbutus (ar-BEW-tus) x andrachnoides (ăn-drăk-NOI-deez)

Ericaceae (er-ek-AY-see-ee)
Bilberries, Blueberries,Cranberies, Heathers, Heaths, Rhododendrons, Wintergreens