Photinia Pink Marble Standard Tree

The clear trunk height should be around 6 feet circa 1 8 metres.

Photinia pink marble standard tree.

Showing off foliage quite unlike any other the marvelous pink marble photinia photinia fraserii cassini pp15160 should be high on your list of shrubs to consider adding to your garden. Supplied in a 3 litre pot or 7 5 10 litre pot. Photinia is a large evergreen shrub which will also make a small tree of up to about 6m 20ft. This photinia pink marble has very special variegated foliage displaying green cream pink and young red shoots at the same time.

Hardy frost hardy down to 8 c flowering period. Pink marble cassini latin name. There is no other photinia like it which is sure to make it a winner for those gardeners seeking something a little different from the more common red robin variety. These trees have been grown and shaped as full standard trees.

In addition to the usual uses of shrubs this plant puts on a colorful show that can quickly turn it into the center of attention. Genus photinia can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees with simple leaves and panicles of small white flowers usually followed by red berries details pink marble is a variegated evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves irregularly margined with white. Photinia pink marble is an evergreen shrub whose green foligae is variegated cream. A full standard tree form always has one single straight trunk clear stem without any lower branches.

Very easy to grow fully hardy and can be grown in any garden in full sun or semi shade. Clusters of pretty white flowers appear in mid to late spring to complement the colourful foliage. It has become a popular garden plant mainly due to its shiny red new growth which appears in april an added attraction is that when mature it produces a display of frothy heads of pink tinged flowers. A striking variety that can be grown as a specimen plant or as part of an informal hedge.

Happy in most garden soils grow photinia x fraseri pink marble in borders or as a dramatic stand alone specimen. Standard trees are a form of topiary where trees are trained to grow long clear stems with a mop of foliage on top. Mid spring flowering colour. Fertile well drained soil position.

Photinia pink marble is a superb variety of the commonly known red robin tree pink marble is a rare variety which has glossy green silver marble effect variegated leaves which are a bright pink red colour when young. Please read our blog post on growing photinias. This robust evergreen shrub bears leathery variegated leaves which emerge brilliant red with pink margins in the spring. Full sun sheltered position hardiness.

New growth is flushed with pink as they first emerge creating a colourful display. Other varieties of photinia in stock include the variegated photinia pink marble as a pleached tree. Photinia x fraseri pink marble soil.