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By Mcatama
6 Apr, 2008
April 2008. Having seen something similar in a garden centre I am tying my photinia onto a homemade bamboo treillis. Since my garden is not very big and I know photinia can get quite large I hope that this will help me to keep it easily in shape and within it's boundaries. So far it is working well and seems to be quite effective and makes an interesting feature in the garden.
30 Apr, 2008
This particular variety, if left unpruned can grow to 5m x 5m (according to the label that came with it.) According to my plant book it takes about 5 years to get to about 6ft x 6ft. I planted mine 2 years ago when it was less than 1ft tall and it's now about 3 ft tall.
1 May, 2008
Again, according to the label, any good well-drained soil. I just mixed lots of soil improver/compost and some fertiliser into the soil before planting and it seems to have done okay.
See who else is growing Photinia x fraseri.
See who else has plants in genus Photinia.
This photo is of "Photinia 'Red Robin'" in Mcatama's garden
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Kay
30 Apr, 2008
how fast and tall do they grow??