his well-known shrub can be grown as a small tree for stilted screening, as a half standard for formal planting or as a shrubby bush for evergreen hedging. Photinia Red Robin bush can be pruned severely in the spring to get a dense evergreen hedge that is best maintained between one and two metres. Each time you prune this plant it reacts with a red flush of foliage.

Photinia Red Robin thrives best on free draining soils but will not suffer the severest cold winters the further north you get passed the Scottish borders. As they mature you will also be rewarded with white clusters of flower in the spring which is a nice contrast against the emerging red foliage.

Mature height: 1-2m