Photinia x fraseri
Fraser's photinia, Redtip, Christmas Berry, Chinese hawthorn
Description
Polyennial evergreen shrub or small tree with an upright habit and globular crown. Versatile in use, it is suitable both as a single specimen or to create hedges and plant barriers in the garden, and for terraces in planters and large pots. Ornamental value is conferred by the foliage, which is ruby red at first and then shiny green. It adapts to different soil and climatic conditions, tolerating hot and cold winter weather.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Photinia
- Species
- Photinia x fraseri
