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Robusta Photinia
Photinia x fraseri ‘Robusta’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Request photosHow tall it arrives: 400mm about 1.5 to 2.5m, 500mm about 2.5 to 3.5m. Heights vary with species and season. How pot sizes work
Getting it in: the largest size here needs about 900mm to 1.2m of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Robusta Photinia - Photinia x fraseri ‘Robusta’
‘Robusta’ is the heavy duty photinia. Where ‘Red Robin’ is grown for its fine leaf and tight habit, this Photinia x fraseri selection is larger in every dimension: bigger leathery leaves, stronger stems, coppery red new flushes on a bolder scale, and noticeably better resistance to the leaf spot that disfigures softer photinias in humid weather. It is the standard choice for a tall, fast, formal evergreen hedge in temperate and cool temperate Australia.
Why Robusta Photinia
Red Flush: Each new growth cycle produces a full canopy of coppery red foliage that holds for weeks before greening.
Hedge Height: Vigorous enough to build and hold a hedge well above standard fence height.
Disease Resistance: Markedly less prone to photinia leaf spot than the finer leaved cultivars in humid gardens.
Cold Hardiness: Handles frost through southern Australia, including inland and highland districts.
Shearing Tolerance: Takes repeated clipping and reshoots quickly, so the hedge face stays crisp and dense.
Ideal Applications
Tall formal hedge: The primary use, clipped two or three times a year to a flat dense face.
Fast privacy screen: Planted in a row and left semi formal to block overlooking windows quickly.
Windbreak in cool districts: Solid enough to buffer wind across exposed southern gardens.
Backdrop planting: A dark green wall behind perennial or flowering borders.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.8 to 1.2m centres for a hedge
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2 to 3m centres
Best Planting Season: Autumn or early spring across southern Australia
Soil & Drainage: Well drained loam with organic matter; it will not tolerate constantly wet or compacted ground
Establishment Care: Water twice weekly for the first three months, then weekly through the first summer, since even moisture is what drives the red flushes. Mulch to 75mm, feed in early spring, and trim after each flush hardens to keep the hedge tight and prompt new colour.
Plant Details
Height: 3 to 5m unpruned; commonly held at 1.5 to 3m as a hedge
Width: 2 to 3m unpruned
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to part shade; best red colour in full sun
Native to: Garden origin hybrid; the parent species come from Asia
Flower Colour: Creamy white clusters in spring, strongly scented
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







