Photinia glabra – Standards
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A clever idea from Italy – a bush grafted onto a trunk producing a tidy little evergreen tree with new growth that’s red and frothy with white flowers in May.
Hardiness level Green
Photinia glabra is a reliable evergreen plant with plain and simple leaves - except - that the new growth is bright red before it matures to green, and as the old leaves are shed, (yes, even evergreens will shed old leaves, it's just that it's a few at a time rather than all at once in the autumn,) then these turn a satisfying scarlet, too. Don't forget either, the panicles of white flowers that develop in summer. It responds well to clipping and is generally an amenable plant, so we offer it in a number of shapes and sizes.
Photinia glabra standards enhance many a garden. The half standards with 90cm stems and a lollipop of foliage above, are great for accents, defining paths, or adding a full stop within your design.
As well as these uses, the full standards with trunks of 1.8m, 2.0m or even 2.2m are perfect for creating a hedge-on-legs to screen ugly buildings, roads or neighbouring trampolines. Plant the trees as lollipops, clip the tops, fronts and backs while allowing the sides to grow together and they will quickly form a perfect screen.
Sun or semi-shade in fertile well-drained soil. Protect from strong, cold winds. This little tree has the remarkable ability to produce its new growth in what appears to be the middle of winter (February/early March). With any other plant this new growth would be blackened immediately by the next frost - in the case of Photinia glabra, it remains totally unaffected by frost.
N.B. When clipping several plants with the same tool, have a bucket containing a 5% bleach solution and swish your blades around for 30 seconds between plants to sterilise them. This will help avoid the chance of cross contamination of disease.
As with all woody plants, plant high, exposing as much of the taper at the base of the trunk as possible. Allowing soil to accumulate round the base of a tree can be fatal. Keep very well watered when first planted.
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| Size | 3/4 Std 70L (H1.7m, W1.1m) S86cm, G10-11cm, F Std 90L (H3.4-4m, W80cm-1m) S1.9-2.1m, G12-13cm, H Std 35-55L (H2.2m, W1.2m) S1.2m, G9cm, H Std 35L (H2.2m, W1.2m) S1.2m, G9cm |
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| Situation | Coastal, Mild City Gardens, Plants for Pots, Sheltered Garden |
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FAQs
HOW FAST DOES PLANT GROW?
Between 30 and 40cms annually depending on the site and conditions.
HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF PLANT'?
Water until established. Prune for health, ie. remove dead, diseased and crossing branches.
HOW TALL DOES PLANT GROW?
Grown naturally and unpruned it could reach 6m.
DOES PLANT PREFER SUN OR SHADE?
Better sited in sun as it can develop too open a habit if grown in shade.
IS PLANT AN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR PLANT?
Outdoor.
IS PLANT SUITABLE FOR HEDGING?
Yes, unless grown and shaped as topiary.
CAN PLANT BE GROWN IN POTS OR CONTAINERS?
Yes, with excellent husbandry and large pot.
IS PLANT TOXIC TO PETS?
No
