The fruit are consumed by birds, including thrushes, waxwings and starlings the seeds are dispersed in their droppings.
The fruit is a small pome, 4–12 mm across, bright red and berry-like, produced large quantities, maturing in the fall and often persisting well into the winter. The flowers are produced in early summer in dense terminal corymbs each flower is 5–10 mm diameter, with five rounded white petals they have a mild, hawthorn-like scent. The leaves are alternate, entire or finely toothed, varying between species from 3–15 cm in length and 1.5–5 cm wide the majority of species are evergreen but several are deciduous. Photinias typically grow from 4–15 m tall, with a usually irregular crown of angular branches the branches are often (not always) thorny. Photinia × fraseri, showing the red colour of new growth contrasted to the glossy green older leaves The name "photinia" also continues to be used for several species of small trees in the mountains of Mexico and Central America which had formerly been included in the genus Photinia. Another name sometimes used is "Christmas berry", but this name is a source of confusion, since it is commonly applied to plants in several genera including Heteromeles, Lycium, Schinus, and Ruscus. The scientific name Photinia is also widely used as the common name. They have, however, been widely cultivated throughout the world as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits. The natural range of these species is restricted to warm temperate Asia, from the Himalaya east to Japan and south to India and Thailand. The fruits are used as food by birds, which excrete the seeds with their droppings and thereby distribute the plant. They ripen in the fall and often remain hanging on the bush until well into the winter. The small apple-shaped fruit has a size of 4 to 12 mm and forms in large quantities. Most species are evergreen, but deciduous species also occur. The botanical genus name derives from the Greek word photeinos for shiny and refers to the often glossy leaves. They are a part of the rose family (Rosaceae) and related to the apple. Stem: Stem Color: Brown/Copper Green Stem Is Aromatic: No Stem Description: Stems are stout and greenish brown in color.Photinia ( / f oʊ ˈ t ɪ n i ə, f ə-/ ) is a genus of about 30 species of small trees and large shrubs, but the taxonomy has recently varied greatly, with the genera Heteromeles, Stranvaesia and Aronia sometimes included in Photinia.Leaves are alternate, simple, obovate, 3-4" long, 1-2" wide, serrulate, coriaceous, with 10-18 pairs of parallel leaf veins.
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Tags: #evergreen #white flowers #red leaves #showy leaves #hedges #children's garden #playground plant #alkaline soils tolerant #screening #fantz #pomes #border back #malodorous See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Leaves have 10-18 pairs of lateral veins.Leaves are alternate, coriaceous, and obovate.It is intolerant of wet conditions and has pest and disease problems. This plant is alkaline tolerant, and drought and salt spray tolerant. New foliage is a colorful reddish-bronze, and reddish buds are visible most of the year. Fraser Photinia's fetid blooms are offensive to many people. glabra. This plant is also intermediate in size between the two. This plant blooms in mid-spring, after P. Phonetic Spelling foh-TIN-nee-uh FRAH-zare-ee Descriptionįraser's Photinia is a large, evergreen shrub or small tree that grows up to 20' tall.
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