Red Tip Photinia
Photinia × fraseri · Shrub
Red Tip Photinia is a fast-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 7-9, that matures to about 10–15 ft × 8–12 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained and moist soil. Expect white blooms in spring.
- USDA zones
- 7-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 10–15 ft × 8–12 ft
- Spacing
- 5–8 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist
- Foliage
- Green, Red
- Bloom color
- White
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Native to
- hybrid (garden origin)
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