Photinia serratifolia
Taiwanese photinia · also Chinese photinia, Japanese photinia
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Photinia serratifolia is a flowering shrub or small tree native to East Asia. It features dark green leaves, with new bronze to reddish-purple foliage, and showy white spring flowers that have an unpleasant odor. This drought-tolerant evergreen produces red berries that attract birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 80.00%—8.0 in
- 50.00%——
- 30.00%——
- 30.00%—3.7 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–30 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.0 in, mean 8.6 in, 90th percentile 14 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
- South China Sea Islands
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
Other Photinia in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
