This shrub to small tree has a single or multiple trunks with many branches that form a dense bushy habit. It has dark green oval leaves that are bright coppery-red when young and the small white bell-shaped flowers appear in a cluster during late spring.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10

Photinia glabra is naturally found in Japan growing in thickets on the coast and inland. It grows in most well drained fertile moist sandy to clay soils that are moist and fertile. It prefers an open sunny to semi shaded position and is frost, drought, wind and pollution tolerant.

The Small Leaf Photinia is grown for its foliage and flowers. It is planted along borders for screening or is clipped to form a hedge. It is also used for topiary and for foliage colour contrast. It can be grown in containers when young and establishes in 5 to 10 years and is long-lived. With regular clipping it produces brilliant red new growth. ID 174

Photinia (fō-TIN-ee-a) glabra (GLĂB-ra)

'Photinia': from Greek photeinos - shining; 'glabra': smooth.

Rosaceae (ro-ZAY-see-ee)
Rose Family