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Tree
Bushy
H4 (hardy - average winter)
White in Autumn and Winter
Dark Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
Orange and Red in Autumn and Winter
Brown and Red in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
4-8 metres
20-50 years
hybrid strawberry tree
Ericaceae
Arbutus are evergreen trees and shrubs with small, bell-shaped creamy-white or pink flowers, and red, strawberry-like fruits in autumn
A. × andrachnoides is a large bushy evergreen shrub with attractive peeling cinnamon-brown trunk and branches. Leaves glossy dark green. Small white urn-shaped flowers in clusters. Fruits small, orange-red
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Grow in well-drained soil. Young plants are more frost-tender than mature plants
Propagate by seed and semi-hardwood cuttings
Architectural or Low Maintenance
Pruning group 1
Can get aphids
Arbutus leaf spot may be a problem
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