Splitted Arbutus unedo

I love the Red Bayberry tree, with " PS " imagining beauty after the results.

my nellie wrote: The erect arbutus has a deep reddish bark since the bushy one has a bark that is close to greyish. Can anyone tell their difference? Just for the sake of... scientific information
Thank you!

It is very easy to distinguish them. Bark is different colour and texture

A. andrachne


A. unedo

Blooming and fruiting (at same time!) in autumn, strawberry tree makes an unusual specimen. At this time other plants in dormancy.
So far my trees in pot are every year blooming, but no fruits.

Blooming and fruiting in autumn, strawberry tree makes an unusual specimen

Marija, thank you very much!
Unfortunately, I cannot see the first photo... my system does not open it...
Anyway I can try a new search based on trunk/bark.

Any updates on this tree? It is/will be quite spectacular. You just don't see very many Arbutus bonsai. I am planning on digging a large Arbutus unedo stump with a lot of nice natural shari next spring. I'm wondering if you do anything to preserve the deadwood.

Thanks,
Cory

I have found this tree in Norfolk,uk and have narrowed it down to Arbutus,but can anyone definativly tell which species it is and whether I could grow it for bonsai from cuttings?

Hi kingfisher, there are three native Arbutus, ei: Arizona Madrone (Arbutus arizonica), Texas Madrone (A. texana) and Pacific Madrone (A. menzieii), my personal favorite. I think the A. texana best discripes shown.

I have been able to work some A. unedo from landscape and nursery stock. I've not had good luck with the wild ones though. They are in the heath family (Ericacae) and all of that family I have found very difficult to convert to container growing, as far as collecting from the wild. I have seen some containerized ones that were started from seed in the pot. You may be able to get some seed from it if it fruits in the summer.

I love the smoothe skin and flakey bark and the natural growth of the tree makes them a natch from bonsai. I've done some prunning and shaping on trees in the ground and you can chop them to the ground and they will come back. It is a favored fuel wood in this neck of the woods, grows like weeds everywhere. Giant elegant ladies of the forest, I've seen them as big a 2-3m on the butt and 35-40m tall. We grow them big in the GPNW

BTW, I'm completely gaga over your tree Marija, best of these I've ever seen. Thank you, Rick

Thanks for your reply Rick,
This tree is right next to where I moor my boat so I will keep an eye on the fruits this summer and possible try to cultivate from seed and cuttings,that way I can see what works best and maybe try to get a few growing.

King.

Hi Kingfisher any chance of a close up photo of the leaf . It kinda looks like a Eucalyptus , an Australian gum tree .
Cheers Craig

Not for a while im afraid,that tree is 150 miles from my home.I did think that myself,but it is almost definitely a strawberry tree but  haven't witnessed any flowers or fruit as my boat was only moved next to it 2 weeks ago,at least now I can keep a close eye on it as I get up there quite a lot after xmas holidays.
These are the closest pictures I have right now

It seems to me that it's definitly an Eucaliptus!

All those hollows are fantastic!