A really colourful new evergreen plant, Photinia fraseri Louise is a special type of Photinia Red Robin with extra colours not seen before. Growth is neat, tidy and upright, the shrubs need no special treatment or care to keep them looking their best. Just the occasional trim or prune (usually in late Spring) if you want to encourage more of the colourful new growth later in the season and to keep the plants looking bushy although they will often produce these on their own!
Photinia fraseri Louise is naturally upright, neat and bushy – a big improvement on previous variegated types. This is a great plant for brightening shrub beds or mixed borders or would look divine in a large container. All Photinia are suitable for topiary and this one could certainly turn a few heads if clipped into an imaginative shape. You could certainly grow a very eyecatching evergreen hedge with this variety, few hedging plants would give so much colour all year round. With an ultimate height of around 200cm its big enough to give privacy as a taller hedge or small enough to be a more moderately sized decorative hedge feature from 80cm upwards – perfect!
Photinia like well drained soil conditions and Photinia Louise is no exception, otherwise they will grow in any ordinary garden soil and they tolerate conditions of full sun or partial shade – although the colouration will always be best in full sun.
How to grow Photinia fraseri Louise
Position: Sun or partial shade
Foliage: Evergreen shrub, leaves stay on the shrub all year.
Soil and site: Any well drained soil.
Flowering time: May and June
Growth rate: moderate/fast
Ultimate height and spread 300cm high x 200cm wide.
Hardiness: Fully hardy.
Aftercare: Water regularly after planting and for the first season. Prune or trim in late Spring to encourage more of the colourful new growth.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
Location | Order Value | Price |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page