Thursday 22 October 2009

Art imitating Life


Arbutus wallpaper designed by Kathleen Kersey for Morris & Co 1913

The Strawberry tree

2 comments:

  1. i have never heard of a strawberry tree. the strawberries look much different than ours from the vine!
    are the fruits edible? they sure are lovely!

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  2. No they're not real strawberries but the Arbutus tree is sometimes called the Strawberry Tree because of a superficial resemblance. Although they are edible they don't apparently have much flavour. I've never tried one!

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