Bolanthus - nicely decorated trees - I would call them bebaubled.
I have grown A. unedo in the UK, where after a few years from seed, it formed a well behaved shrub - responding to pruning well. Here in Cyprus, A. andrachne is native, though absent from lower altitudes as a wild plant. It, too, is amenable to pruning, including exposing the trunk(s), which become a lovely cinnamon colour with age and often develop sinuous shapes. In several respects, they fill the same niche as
manzanita does in chaparral parts of the mountains of western North America.
Manzanita covers almost a hundred species of Arctostaphylos, most of which grow in a mediterranean climate. Like the related Arbutus, the berries (and flowers) of most species are reported to be edible (not checked by me). Note: 'manzanita' translates from Spanish as 'little apple' - which could also described the fruit of Arbutus.
I have wandered off into manzanitas to give them a little airing on this forum, since they (like Arbutus) are eminently suited to our mediterranean gardening - being tough, tolerant of drought and heat, and with attractive bark, structure, flowers, fruit and foliage, and with some culinary uses.
