Botanical Name: Photinia serrulata
Common Name: Chinese photinia
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape broad, dense, rounded plant with upright, spreading branches - sometimes growing to treelike proportions
Height 15' - 35'
Spread 15' - 35'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil likes a well-drained soil
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-16, 18-22)
 
Morphology:
Leaves alternate, oblong to 8" long, glabrous, dark and leathery above, yellow-green beneath - thicker than P. fraseri; serrate margins
Flowers white, small flowers in flat terminal corymbs to 6" across
Fruit red berries
 
Propagation:
seed, semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
background mass, large hedge or screen, sometimes as a small tree; used for attractive new growth, flowers and form
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average water; can be allowed to dry toward fall months
Fertilizing balanced in spring; add iron supplement 2-3X/yr if required
Pruning head back or shear periodically to promote new growth or head back after flowering
Pests/Diseases powdery mildew, aphids, sooty mold
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China
Family: Rosaceae

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