Photinia Super Hedge = 'Branpara'
Christmas berry
Also known as Photinia 'Super Hedge'
- Height × spread
- 4.5m × 3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Spring
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About this plant
A striking shrub with a bushy and upright growth habit. It has large green leaves that are copper-red in spring when the young growth emerges. There are still a few bright leaves around in autumn, adding splashes of colour to the otherwise green foliage. If left untrimmed there are clusters of white flowers in May and, at the end of summer, red fruits. This is a sturdy and vigorous shrub that will grow very quickly - 2 metres of growth in one season is claimed by one grower. It is thus ideally suited as a hedging plant where rapid growth is an asset. Photinia can be pruned for containment, though of course this may sacrifice flowers and fruit.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Spring foliage
- Red-copper
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 4.5m
- Spread
- 3m
- Height in 10 years
- 4m
- Spread in 10 years
- 2m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Hedge, Screening, Structural, Bird attraction
- Walls
- East, South, West facing
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
Hedges · Planting
Hedge clipping reduces flowers
If clipped for a hedge, there will be few flowers. The plant will only flower if left to grow freely. This may be acceptable if an informal hedge is required.
Hedges · Planting
Close clip for a formal hedge
The hedge is most attractive when close-clipped if a formal hedge is required.
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