Latin Name:
Arbutus unedo
Physical Description:
This evergreen tree has large dark green leaves, attractive pink bell shaped flowers and strawberry-like fruit.
Usage:
The fruit is seedy and have best flavor when turning dark crimson, but more attractive food for birds then humans. However, this tree everything urban gardener could ask for: fast growing, disease resistant, changes colors beautifully, with non-invasive roots.
Factoids:
"The Garden of Earthly Delights", a mysterious painting by Hieronymus Bosch, was listed in the inventories of the Spanish Crown as "the picture with the strawberry-tree fruits".
