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The Strawberry Tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to Portugal and widespread across the Mediterranean region. It is cold and drought hardy and will grow on poor dry soils. In Autumn, it is covered in clusters of small delicate white bell flowers at the same time as the orange red fruits mature from the previous season. It can grow up to 7 metres and has very attractive peeling bark. It is best known in Portugal for the fruits, which are distilled to make the alcoholic spirit Medronho. Arbutus is underused in landscaping, although valuable as part of a native species mix, it also makes a very attractive garden specimen tree (or shrub) and should be used more in both formal and informal hedging.
How to use our online shop
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You can make an order by selecting plants with quantities and putting them in your Shopping Bag.
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By placing an order you are not obligated to purchase the plants online and you will not be asked for any payment at this stage.
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We will confirm prices, availability and delivery/collection dates with you by email.
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Only when all the details of your order are agreed, will we send you an agreed Factura/Invoice and request payment from you.
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Once an order is agreed we require a 50% payment to secure the plants. Plants in the shopping basket are not reserved until an order is placed.
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Availability - the store contains 3 availability categories
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Plants ready for despatch, collection within 14 days
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Plants we have but they are still growing into their containers. These are offered for reservation and will be released once they are ready. An estimated date for their availability is given.
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Plants that we only hold a limited stock of, or only propagate occasionally or on demand. This also includes plants we are going to propagate in the near future.
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Read more on our plant availability and advance orders here