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Photinia megaphylla

Photinia megaphylla is an evergreen shrub from southeastern Tibet with very large leaves, growing to about 3 metres. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice is drawn from general Photinia growing practice.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top few centimetres of soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral loam.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from hard frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Tibet
Climate
subtropical

About

Photinia megaphylla is a species in the family Rosaceae. It is found in Tibet. The type locality is Mêdog Xian, Xizang, China, at an altitude of 1800 metres, where it grows in broad-leaved forest.

Other Photinia plants

Photinia anlungensis · Photinia berberidifolia · Photinia chihsiniana · Photinia chingiana · Photinia crassifolia · Japanese photinia · Photinia glomerata · Himalayan Chokeberry · Photinia lanuginosa · Photinia lasiopetala · Photinia lochengensis · Photinia loriformis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Photinia megaphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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