Photinia Tree: From Stunning Specimen to Perfect Hedge

Photinia trees are bold, beautiful, and bursting with colour! Their compact and dense growth makes them an exquisite choice for hedges and screens. Its vibrant red or pink spring foliage add additional beauty to this already attractive evergreen plant. As a tree, photinia brings an amazing visual appearance. As a bush or a hedge, it effortlessly creates privacy with an undeniable charm. 

Photinia Tree Sale UK: Arundel Arboretum

Are you dreaming about the perfect hedge – compact, fast-growing, and beautiful? We have the perfect solution – a photinia tree plant! If you want to buy photinia tree, our  Arundel Arboretum nursery is the right place for you to go! We are located in the heart of West Sussex, in the historic town of Arundel near Chichester. Our experts are ready to walk you through our impressive selection of photinia trees and help you find the best for your space. 

If you’d prefer to buy photinia trees online, explore our web store and our carefully curated selection of large and small photinia trees for sale. Find your ideal tree and let us handle the rest! Buying photinia trees has never been easier.

How to Pick Your Photinia Tree UK: A Beginner’s Guide

In our nursery, you can find photinia tree plants with various features. Here's a brief overview of what's available with short explanations (click links to see the examples):

Shapes and Sizes:

Photinia can be shaped as an elegant tree, compact bush, or a lush hedge. If you are looking for a tree, there are 3 sizes available. The sizes refer to the height of a tree trunk before branches start forming a canopy and include:

• Standard size - single stem clear trunk of around 1.8-2.5m
• 1/2 Standard size- single stem clear trunk of around 1.2-1.8m
• 1/4 Standard size – single stem clear trunk below 1.2m

In addition, we can offer a variety of different shapes and forms of photinia trees:

• Multi-Stem – A tree with several clear trunks coming from one base and a canopy.
• Bush – A bushy, multiple-stem form with dense foliage, perfect for hedges.
• Cone – A tree with tall and narrow growth habit and distinctive conical shape.
• Parachute – Multi-stem tree in the form that resembles a parachute.
• Pleached – A tree with a clear stem and a head trained onto a flat frame. Often used to create privacy above the fence.
• Espalier – A tree trained onto a flat frame from the base to the top. Often placed against a wall.

Varieties and Cultivars:

• Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ – The most popular variety of photinia with strikingly red young leaves and compact growth habit.
• Photinia x fraseri ‘Little Red Robin’ – A dwarf cultivar with smaller, vibrant red leaves, and compact growth habit.
• Photinia x fraseri ‘Chico’ – A compact and slow-growing variety perfect for pots and containers.
• Photinia × fraseri 'Magical Volcano' – A newer cultivar with stunning red foliage in spring, excellent for hedges.
• Photinia x fraseri 'Pink Marble' – Praised for its variegated foliage with creamy white margins and a touch of pink in new growth.
• Photinia x fraseri ‘Louise’ – A compact and dense variety known for its resilience and adaptability.
• Photinia 'Atropurpurea Nana' or Japanese barberry – A cultivar of a smaller size and lovely purple-red foliage, suited for containers and smaller gardens.
• Photinia serratifolia ‘Pink Crispy’ or Chinese Hawthorn – Distinguished by heavily marbled leaves, pink when young, and light and dark green when mature. 
• Photinia serratifolia ‘Crunchy’ or Chinese Hawthorn - Known for its compact growth habit, dense branching, and serrated leaves. 

Photinia Robusta ‘Compacta’ – A cultivar of Photinia Robusta valued for its dense and compact growth habit, excellent for hedging.