Scientific name: Photinia x fraseri
Family: ROSACEAE
Common names: “Photinia” “Christmas berry”
Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Conditions:
Zone: 8-9
Light: Full sun for best red colour, can take part shade
Exposure: Sheltered or exposed
Soil: Average, acid – neutral
Moisture: Moist well drained, handles some drought
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: 12′-15′ H & W
Leaf and Stem shape: Glossy, elliptic leaves, bright red when young, later dark green
Flower: Creamy-white, rather sparse
Pruning: Can be cut back hard but may not grow back strong, time the prune to save new red leaves
Maintenance: Low
Landscape use: Hedging and screens
Propagate: Cuttings
Pests & Disease: Fungal leaf spot, physiological leaf spot and cherry bark tortrix
Comments: Can be killed to the ground in a cold winter, but it usually comes back
Cultivars: 3 ~AGM winners: P. x f. ‘Red Robin’ , P. x f. Pink Marble = ‘Cassini’ , P. x f. ‘Canivily’
