22+ Red Tip Photinia Tree Height

Red tips are very fast growing shrubs attaining 24 to 36 inches per year. While it is an extremely tough and vigorous plant that will grow in almost any soil except extremely wet ones red tip photinia prefers a rich well drained soil.

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Red tip photinia tree height

A red tip grows 10 to 15 feet tall and 5 to 8 feet wide although it can get larger with age. Photinia trees include both evergreen and deciduous. It prefers full sun to partial shade.

It is a moderate to fast growing plant. The red tip photinia photinia x fraseri is a popular shrub used as a fence row in the eastern half of north america the oval leaves of photinia plants start out red but turn into the dark ever green after a couple weeks to a month. Size growth rate.

Creamy white blooms appear in mid spring. Red tip photinia is a fast growing evergreen shrub that can reach a height and width in excess of 12 feet. Most types of red tip photinia used for hedges or screens grow 6 to 10 feet tall but cultivars selected as small trees may grow up to 20 feet tall.

Red tip photinia grows dense making it suitable as a privacy hedge and wind block. Width is one half to two thirds the height on unpruned shrubs. They quickly reach their mature height of 8 to 15 feet.

The leaves are the starring feature of this plant. New growth displays on the shrub with red leaves for two to four weeks before the leaves turn deep green. Each new leaf that unfurls is a bright shade of red or bronze for several weeks before turning green.

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