Description
Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ is a versatile evergreen suited to the UK environment; it makes a fine tree with a rounded growth habit which responds well to pruning. Originally from New Zealand.
The Red Robin’s stand out feature is the vibrant red new shoots in spring, which contrast with the white blossom – unusual in an evergreen. The bright new leaves change to a deep, glossy green as they mature and are complemented with small round red berries in the summer. The RHS has given this tree an Award of Merit.
What is a pleached tree?
A pleached tree has a single clear stem and a crown of branches that have been trained horizontally on a supporting frame. Frames can be made of wood, metal or bamboo. Generally pleached trees are planted in a row and can create a continuous narrow screen, or like a hedge on stilts. They are low maintenance as the branches are already trained onto a frame work. Just once or twice a year they can be pruned and any new growth tucked in or tied in. We have some excellent younger trees in stock at the moment and these can be a more economical way to buy pleached trees, and over time the framework of branches will fill out and mature. The main benefit of any pleached tree is the immediate impact on the structure and framework of the garden
Why choose Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ as a pleached tree?
Pleached trees can bring screening, privacy and a framework to a garden. They can also act as a windbreak. In new-build homes and modern gardens, privacy can be a major concern and pleached trees can provide a stylish and space efficient result. They give a formal look to a garden that works well in both traditional or contemporary design.
Our pleached trees are grown with a clear stem of approximately 1.8m and the head of the tree is trained against a frame approximately 1m high x 1.2m wide.
This page is for pleached trees, we also have it as a mature standard form in various sizes – please contact us for more details.
Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ pleached trees are in stock now in a variety of sizes see below.
As well as this pleached version, which is useful for creating privacy and excellent for screening, we also this versatile evergreen as a full feathered tree, as a standard clear stem tree and as an instant hedge.
Another choice an evergreen screen grown on galvanised steel frames with several plants grown in each container, covering each screen completely as an espalier frame; these are available as Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ and Photinia x fraseri ‘Robusta’.
For more pleached options please read our latest blog Pleached trees in stock now
Ideal Conditions: Chalk-free, moist but well-drained soil, sunny to semi-shaded location
Maximum Height: 6 metres