Product Details
- Form: Bush, branched along stem
- Height: 175 - 200cm, from top of pot
- Width: Approx 100cm, at widest point
- Production: Container grown, suitable for all year round planting
- Pot Size: 35ltr, approx 50cm wide x 40cm deep
- Position: Full sun or partial shade
- Soil: Any fertile, well-drained neutral to alkaline soil
- Interest: Evergreen, with red young growth
- Rate of growth: 30-60cm per year
- Flowers: Small white, April and May
- Hardiness: Frost hardy
These large plants are a minimum of 175cm high with some nearer 2m. They are well branched with the width at the bottom approx 1m. Grown in a 35ltr pot. Photinia is evergreen, with dark green glossy foliage, it has beautiful red new growth in the spring followed by masses of small white flowers in early summer which give a hazy appearance from a distance.
Growth of 30-60cm per year. Plants may be pruned hard to keep in shape and regular light pruning in season is recommended to encourage the young red growth. Suitable for most situations it is easy to care for. As long as the soil is not waterlogged it will thrive in most other soils. Sunnier positions will give stronger colouration of leaves and more flower. Being container grown, it can be planted at any time of the year. Photinias are usually trouble-free, but can suffer from photinia leaf spot which is not fatal and is an environmental disorder linked to cols weather, rather than a disease. A planting service is available in the home counties please ask for a quote at time of ordering.
