Red leaf photinia
Photinia glabra · Rosaceae · 홍가시나무
How to spot it
The reddish tinge of new leaves and autumn foliage is the origin of the name and its main feature.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are alternate, leathery, oblanceolate-oblong, 5-12 cm long, with narrow sharp teeth. They turn reddish as they emerge and in fall color.
- Flowers
- In May-June, panicles 7-13 cm across form at the tips of new shoots, bearing many white flowers 7-8 mm across.
- Fruit
- Fruit is ovoid-round, about 5 mm across, with the calyx remaining at the tip, ripening red in September-October.
- Bark
- Branches are blackish gray.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Found in China and Japan.