Pourthiaea villosa
Common Name(s):
Previously known as:
- Photinia villosa
- Phonetic Spelling
- por-thee-AY-a vil-LO-sa
- Description
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Fruit attracts birds; susceptible to fireblight
Form: Large shrub to small tree; irregular, broad rounded to vase shape
- See this plant in the following landscape:
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Pourthiaea
- Species:
- villosa
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Dimensions:
- Height: 8 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 8 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Shrub
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Rounded
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Winter
- Fruit Length:
- < 1 inch
- Fruit Description:
- 0.3 in. bright red fruit in fall; persists into winter
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Corymb
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Fall
- Flower Size:
- 1-3 inches
- Flower Description:
- Small, white flowers on 1-2 in. lacy corymb;
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Green
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Dark green leaves; 1.5-3.5 in. long; sharply serrated; yellowish, reddish bronze and red fall color
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
