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Photinia prunifolia

Photinia prunifolia is a subtropical evergreen tree from southern China, Vietnam, and tropical mountains in Borneo and Sumatra, grown mainly as a garden or shade tree. It is most at home in mild, frost-free climates.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 0 °C, as young growth is frost-sensitive.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. China to Vietnam, Sumatera (Gunung Sago), Borneo (Gunung Kinabalu)
Climate
subtropical

About

Photinia prunifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a tree native to subtropical southern China and Vietnam, and tropical mountains on the islands of Borneo (Mount Kinabalu) and possibly Sumatra (Gunung Sago).

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 prunifolia 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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