This group consists of beautiful, evergreen trees or shrubs. They grow wild in North, South and Central America, Mexico, Asia Minor, southern Europe and the Canary Islands. They only grow from 10 to 20 feet high. A. andrachnoides is a hybrid small tree with attractive cinnamon-red branches that are covered with green leaves slightly edged with red.
Varieties: Arbutus andrachnoides;
Arbutus menziesii;
Arbutus canariensis;
Arbutus glandulosa.
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