The strawberry tree is also in the genus Arbutus. It is a hybrid of Arbutus unedo and Arbutus andrachne, which is called Arbutus ‘Marina.’ Both trees have urn-shaped flowers and spheric fruit.

A. unedo grows widely in Greece along with a more tender and spring-flowering species called the Grecian strawberry tree (Arbutus andrachne). This is a very attractive tree with a trunk and stems ...