Arbutus unedo “compacta” - Growth rate and maximum size.

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[southwesthardypalms]

I really appreciate the shout out man, thank you! I can now see why they would be a very poor choice for that spot lol. Thanks for talking some sense into me, I don’t have any experience with Arbutus so I wasn’t aware the compact form is not exactly “compact”. I think I’ll go back to the drawing board and think of some other options. I’ll save those species for somewhere else in the garden with more space.

[jasonsteinberg]

Beautiful. I’ve got a much smaller one in a container. Gorgeous. Amazing you never water them. They get pretty big I see!

[columbiagorgegardener]

Thanks! I just picked up another one yesterday, so I am trying for 3 of these in The Dalles. I'm thinking they'll do alright; a friend of mine has one here and last winter really stunted it and had some minor defoliation, but it has recovered nicely.

Fingers crossed this winter won't be so horrible!

[vickiesorenson]

I’ve seen videos stating they can get much bigger than 8-10 ft. I’m taking about the dwarf variety not the marina. Varying reports on height. They state the longer in ground the bigger it gets.

[vickiesorenson]

Other sites state they live for 80 years?