![]() "Well wow! Isn't that just amazing," says John. ![]() For John though, these are just contributory elements to what he think is the best thing about this tree - its bark. It's really very attractive - glossy, with a little bit of leaf serration, but then it also produces these bell-shaped flowers - very typical of the rhododendron and azalea, only much smaller. Arbutus x andrachnoides is a hybrid of the Irish Strawberry Tree - Arbutus unedo - perhaps the most commonly grown one and Arbutus andrachne. The Hybrid Strawberry Tree is the pick of the bunch. In his work as a designer, John is often asked to give advice about medium sized evergreen trees and as far as he's concerned, you can't go past the Strawberry Trees. John profiles a tree he finds perfect for the home garden I think it's an absolute knockout - in fact, I can't think of a more perfect tree for the home garden. It doesn't need a huge amount of water, but it does enjoy some warm sun, so it's not a plant for too much shade. Well wow! Isn't that just amazing - varying in colour from rust through to cinnamon and what's particularly good about it is that it's rarely a single trunked tree so you get lots of this exquisite bark. It's really very attractive - glossy, with perhaps a little bit of leaf serration, but then it also produces these bell-shaped flowers - very typical of the rhododendron and azalea really, only much smaller, but these are just contributory elements to what I think is the best thing about this tree and that's its bark. Now what makes them so lovely? Well, first of all, they have a great evergreen foliage. It's a hybrid of the Irish Strawberry Tree - Arbutus unedo- perhaps the most commonly grown one and Arbutus andrachne. Now this one is known as the Hybrid Strawberry Tree - Arbutusx andrachnoides. JOHN PATRICK: I'm often asked to give advice about medium sized evergreen trees and as far as I'm concerned, you can't go past the Strawberry Trees.
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