Arbutus Unedo Hedging

The Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unedo, is a small tree or medium sized shrub that can be used as a hedging plant.
Strawberry Tree is good for hedges up to about 3 metres high, although in time it can reach up to about 6-8 metres if it grows freely as a tree.

Strawberry Tree hedge plants are only delivered pot-grown, year round.
All our hedge plants are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots aren't measured).

See our selection of evergreen hedging plants or see our full range of hedging.

Spacing an Strawberry Tree hedge:
Plant Strawberry Tree hedging at 2 plants per metre, 50cms apart.

These attractive evergreen bushes or small trees are usually grown as an ornamental specimen, but they make a decent rough hedge, with only light pruning required. They will grow quite quickly to about 3 metres and then become much less vigorous. If they aren't pruned, old strawberry trees tend to become beautifully slender, with a narrow spread of upright stems topped by pom-pom shaped heads of leaves. Old trees have handsome, rich brown gnarled bark that slowly flakes away. The flowers are white and bell-shaped (like Lily-of the valley), opening in autumn. Because the fruit take a whole year to ripen on the tree, you get a display of delicate flowers and strawberry red fruit at the same time. It has leaves that are sometimes tinged with red, with a serrated edge.

Did You Know?

The name unedo is Latin for "I eat one", which refers to the fact that although the fruit are perfectly edible, they aren't very nice and leave you with a funny aftertaste. In our opinion, it's best to leave them for the birds and squirrels, but you can experiment with using them in jam to make them tastier.
They are also known as cane apples or the Dalmatian strawberry. They are native in Southern Ireland, where they are known as the Killarney Strawberry, which is a town in county Kerry.

Growing Strawberry Tree plants:
Strawberry Tree will grow well in any neutral or acidic soil - they don't tolerate chalk or limestone. They need full sun and will grow near to the coast. They prefer a moist but well drained soil: most damp sites are fine, but constant winter waterlogging may be too much for them. They don't like dry soil.
Although these are pretty hardy plants, they don't cope well with cold winds and we don't recommend them for exposed locations in the North & Scotland. A sheltered, sunny, south facing spot is ideal.

Prepare your site before planting:
Native hedge plants like Strawberry Tree are very tough. The only essential preparation is to kill the weeds in a strip a metre wide along the planting site: improving the soil should not be necessary. If your soil is exceptionally poor and dry, then digging in some well rotted manure and/or compost is worthwhile.

Watch our video on how to plant a garden hedge for full details.
Remember to water establishing plants during dry weather for at least a year after planting.

Hedge Planting Accessories:
Prepare your site for planting by killing the weeds and grass with Roundup weed killer.
You can buy a hedge planting pack with sheets of mulch fabric and pegs to hold it down.
If your soil quality is poor, we recommend using mycorrhizal "friendly fungi" on the roots of new trees and shrubs.
You can also improve your soil with bonemeal organic fertiliser and Growmore.

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Delivery: Our standard delivery charges are:

Small box (Orders containing only seedlings or rooted cuttings) £7.20 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Standard box (Bareroots up to 1.2m) £11.40 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Large box (Pots up to and incl. 7.5L) £15.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £100 inc VAT)
Trees & Hedging (Bareroots & trees 1.2m+) £18.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £120 inc VAT)
Pallets (Root balls, large pots, trees etc) £60.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £240 inc VAT)

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week in summer if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Misc	Wildlife Value
Shade	Partial Shade
Area	Coastal Areas
Soil	Acidic, Wet
Colour	White/Cream
Type	Evergreen, Hedging, Screening
Also Good	Berries

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