{"product_id":"photinia-glabra-rubens","title":"Rubens Photinia - Photinia glabra ‘Rubens’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRubens Photinia - Photinia glabra ‘Rubens’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery trim on this shrub is answered with a flush of lacquer red new growth, which is the reason it has been planted across Australian gardens for decades. \u003cem\u003ePhotinia glabra\u003c\/em\u003e ‘Rubens’ is a smaller, finer leaved plant than the Fraser hybrids, so it holds a clipped face at chest to head height instead of racing away and going bare at the ankles. Landscapers choose it over the larger red tips when a hedge line has to stay in scale with a fence, a path or a single storey facade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Rubens Photinia\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRepeat Colour Flushes\u003c\/strong\u003e: Each pruning triggers another wave of bright red growth, so a hedge trimmed two or three times a year is seldom without colour.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFine Texture\u003c\/strong\u003e: The leaf is smaller than that of the big red tip hybrids, which gives a tighter and more even clipped surface.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBreaks From Old Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e: It reshoots readily from bare stems, so a neglected or overgrown hedge can be renovated rather than replaced.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBroad Climate Range\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reliable from cool temperate districts through to warm coastal gardens, and it handles moderate frost once established.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAirflow Matters\u003c\/strong\u003e: Leaf spot shows up in humid summers on crowded plants, so honest spacing and an open base do more good than extra fertiliser.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormal Clipped Hedge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Holds a crisp face at 1.2m to 2m with two or three cuts a year, timed so the red flush sits through the entertaining season.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoundary Screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted in a single row it fills a fence line to a useful density without the width of a larger screening shrub.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour Contrast in Mixed Beds\u003c\/strong\u003e: The red growth lifts plantings of green foliage such as viburnum, murraya and buxus without needing flowers.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStandards and Shaped Forms\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fine growth and quick response to shears suit ball heads, cones and clipped columns in courtyards.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7m to 1m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5m to 2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or early spring in most districts, avoiding midsummer in hot inland areas\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Free draining, slightly acidic to neutral soil; mound or improve heavy clay so water never sits around the root ball\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply twice a week through the first summer rather than lightly every day, so roots follow the moisture down. Keep a 75mm mulch layer over the root zone but pulled back clear of the stems, and delay the first shaping cut until new growth shows the plant has taken.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3m to 4m untrimmed, easily held at 1.2m to 2m as a hedge\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2m to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate to Fast\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun for the strongest red, tolerates part shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Species native to Japan, China and Thailand; the cultivar is of garden origin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White, in small clusters through spring\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"500mm","offer_id":59795334398238,"sku":"ND-1342-500MM","price":1625.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/BF4-PV2l_xnpv0N6EeqCJ_ziIqWfQb.jpg?v=1787313578","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/photinia-glabra-rubens","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}