There's a house near me which was up for sale last year and the owners planted a row of standard Photinias in the gravelled strip between their garden and the one next door - presumably to tart up the rather empty front garden for selling. They look dire, and look worse with every passing month. It's quite an open sunny site and there are so many other things they could have chosen which would have done a better job and would probably have been a lot cheaper too. A house across the road from me also has one and it looks equally awful. I don't think they grow well here at all - wet, cold clay in most gardens.
I've never been tempted to buy one. I'd agree with Verdun - they need a bit of shelter and the right soil to have any impact.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
my photinia hedge has dropped an incredible amount of leaves. the shrubs look way too gangly and as soon as the new seasons red leaves turn green it is in for a shock, down by a third. it is changing from a nice hedge to an ugly mess. will not be beaten and if it is kept hedge like it can look so good.
I have a standard photinia which I inherited 6 years ago when we moved house. Until now It has been fine red leaves which turn green and drop eventually. This year however it has flowered!!!! Much to my surprise.in fact it is full of flowers at the moment, however the foliage is lookinf rather thin. Will this improve Once the flowers die off or is it a sign of a tree under stress ?
I have a variegated Photinia that I failed to get in to the soil last year, and it looked great this spring. Only to now look a little sad after finally planting it out. I'm loosing a lot of leaf. I'm hoping it will settle down and settle in. I thought it would be really happy to be finally liberated from its small pot!
Nice to see a Photinia grown as a standard. And I like the idea of planting them into hedging.
I'm near the south-coast and there are some very exposed specimens close by that appear to do just fine. My neighbour has one that has grown large and a little leggy, but it looks healthy.
Well some good news, complete strangers have been stopping their cars to say hello and congratulate me on a wonderful tree one was a landscape architect! Apparently I have a rare variety of photinia that's known for it's flowers, it was covered in flower heads and now I have new healthy leaves growing. So relieved to know that it didn't need hacking back. Will have a go at up loading a photo.
I have had a Photinia for 10 years and it always looked lovely but last summer all the leaves went really dark red and shrivelled up but did not drop off of the tree. I pruned it back hoping to encourage new growth but nothing has happened, all the laves left on are still dark red, slightly shrivelled and very hard to the touch almost plastic-like. Has anyone else had this? I am inclined to either cut back the branches and just leave the trunk to grow a climber against or dig it up and plant something else
I recently had some 5-foot photinias planted as a hedge in soil that is slightly clayish. I was advised to water them well, and have been, but on the neighbours' side there is a slight slope down from where the photinias to his patio. Over recent weeks, some of the photinias are losing leaves towards the inside; others have produced new shoots but only at the top. Overall they are not as thick and bushy as when they were planted. I am not sure what to do.
I think I am having the same problem as Snodgrass2 above. Our housing estate was built in 2003 and the builders have planted lots of Photinias as hedging, I also have a single specimen against the wall in my back garden which I assume the builders planted as well. We have very heavy clay soil and my back garden is north facing although it does get a bit of sun. It has been fine for the last 7 years then all of a sudden last winter on one side only the leaves turned red, withered and dropped off. I pruned the damaged part in early December. The rest of the shrub appeared to be OK but now this summer the whole shrub is affected. Around the estate I see some other Photinias have also been affected by this, although just one or two, not all. I am not sure if any remedial action is possible or if I should just dig it up and plant something else. Please help.
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There's a house near me which was up for sale last year and the owners planted a row of standard Photinias in the gravelled strip between their garden and the one next door - presumably to tart up the rather empty front garden for selling. They look dire, and look worse with every passing month. It's quite an open sunny site and there are so many other things they could have chosen which would have done a better job and would probably have been a lot cheaper too. A house across the road from me also has one and it looks equally awful. I don't think they grow well here at all - wet, cold clay in most gardens.
I've never been tempted to buy one. I'd agree with Verdun - they need a bit of shelter and the right soil to have any impact.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
my photinia hedge has dropped an incredible amount of leaves. the shrubs look way too gangly and as soon as the new seasons red leaves turn green it is in for a shock, down by a third. it is changing from a nice hedge to an ugly mess. will not be beaten and if it is kept hedge like it can look so good.
Kate
I have a standard photinia which I inherited 6 years ago when we moved house. Until now It has been fine red leaves which turn green and drop eventually. This year however it has flowered!!!! Much to my surprise.in fact it is full of flowers at the moment, however the foliage is lookinf rather thin. Will this improve Once the flowers die off or is it a sign of a tree under stress ?
I have a variegated Photinia that I failed to get in to the soil last year, and it looked great this spring. Only to now look a little sad after finally planting it out. I'm loosing a lot of leaf. I'm hoping it will settle down and settle in. I thought it would be really happy to be finally liberated from its small pot!
Nice to see a Photinia grown as a standard. And I like the idea of planting them into hedging.
I'm near the south-coast and there are some very exposed specimens close by that appear to do just fine. My neighbour has one that has grown large and a little leggy, but it looks healthy.
Well some good news, complete strangers have been stopping their cars to say hello and congratulate me on a wonderful tree one was a landscape architect! Apparently I have a rare variety of photinia that's known for it's flowers, it was covered in flower heads and now I have new healthy leaves growing. So relieved to know that it didn't need hacking back. Will have a go at up loading a photo.
I have had a Photinia for 10 years and it always looked lovely but last summer all the leaves went really dark red and shrivelled up but did not drop off of the tree. I pruned it back hoping to encourage new growth but nothing has happened, all the laves left on are still dark red, slightly shrivelled and very hard to the touch almost plastic-like. Has anyone else had this? I am inclined to either cut back the branches and just leave the trunk to grow a climber against or dig it up and plant something else
I recently had some 5-foot photinias planted as a hedge in soil that is slightly clayish. I was advised to water them well, and have been, but on the neighbours' side there is a slight slope down from where the photinias to his patio. Over recent weeks, some of the photinias are losing leaves towards the inside; others have produced new shoots but only at the top. Overall they are not as thick and bushy as when they were planted. I am not sure what to do.
I think I am having the same problem as Snodgrass2 above. Our housing estate was built in 2003 and the builders have planted lots of Photinias as hedging, I also have a single specimen against the wall in my back garden which I assume the builders planted as well. We have very heavy clay soil and my back garden is north facing although it does get a bit of sun. It has been fine for the last 7 years then all of a sudden last winter on one side only the leaves turned red, withered and dropped off. I pruned the damaged part in early December. The rest of the shrub appeared to be OK but now this summer the whole shrub is affected. Around the estate I see some other Photinias have also been affected by this, although just one or two, not all. I am not sure if any remedial action is possible or if I should just dig it up and plant something else. Please help.
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/photinia/photinia-leaf-spot.htm
might try this web site
I am having same problem