Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini' PINK MARBLE® Fraser photinia
size/type
medium-sized shrub,taller shrub
usual height
1,5-3m
usual width
1-2m
leaves
evergreen broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full to partial sun
soil type
acidic (peaty)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
7 (down to -23°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
The very first plant of this photinia was found in American town West Grove (Pennsylvania) by nurseryman Robert j.Tancredi, jr, in 1991. Just one single plant among many Fraser’s photinias gave birth to a beautiful new variety that was patented in 2002 under PP15,160. Though, there is a little amusing sentence in the patent which says: “Had the new variety not been discovered and preserved it would have been lost to mankind.“ It sounds a bit like a threat what if mankind had never landed on the Moon …
Description of the plant:
This photinia was given a nice name Cassini, but is marketed as PINK MARBLE®. That name tells the truth, though. PINK MARBLE® is an evergreen shrub producing dark green leaves that emerge rich red with white margins, maturing to deep green with silvery-white veins just like marble, gaining pink shades later in the season. Such colouration deserves a well chosen spot in your garden where it can fully display its assets. Young plants grow fast – 30 cm (in garden soil) to 90 cm (potted with regular fertilizing) per year, and slow down with age. Plants older than 5-6 years make a compact shrub that needs little pruning to keep its oval shape. If it is damaged by harsh frost it always regenerates even from older wood. Prune it in early spring after danger of deep frost: March-April. It needs moist but well-drained, humus-rich, acid soil and mulching. Provide extra watering in hot summers and mainly in frost-free periods of winter if the ground is not frozen. Hardy to about -23°C.
Last update 05-02-2012
SIZES and PRICES
shrub
height 20-30 cm
740 Kč
shrub
height 20-30 cm
740 Kč
height 140-160 cm, width 40-60 cm
5 660 Kč
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
