Pourthiaea villosa: Fruit Description
0.3 in. bright red fruit in fall; persists into winter
Plant Profile: Pourthiaea villosa
Taxonomy: Pourthiaea villosaNames
Oriental Photinia
Phonetic Spelling:por-thee-AY-a vil-LO-sa
Genus:Pourthiaea
Species:villosa
Family:
Fruits draw in birds and are vulnerable to fire blight. This plant typically takes the form of a large shrub or a small tree, exhibiting an irregular shape that ranges from broad and rounded to a vase-like structure.
Pourthiaea villosa Feature Summary
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#deciduous
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Pourthiaea villosa Feature Summary
Fruit
0.3 in. bright red fruit in fall; persists into winter
Red/Burgundy
Fall
Winter
< 1 inch
Flowers
Small, white flowers on 1-2 in. lacy corymb;
White
Corymb
1-3 inches
Leaves
Dark green leaves; 1.5-3.5 in. long; sharply serrated; yellowish, reddish bronze and red fall color
Deciduous
Green
Gold/Yellow
Red/Burgundy
Simple
Alternate
1-3 inches
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Good Drainage
4a
4b
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
Clay
Stem
Pourthiaea villosa Image Gallery
Pourthiaea villosa Fruit
Pourthiaea villosa: Fruit Color
Red/Burgundy
Pourthiaea villosa: Display/Harvest Time
Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter
Pourthiaea villosa: Fruit Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
> 3 inches
Pourthiaea villosa Flowers
Pourthiaea villosa: Flower Description
Small, white flowers on 1-2 in. lacy corymb;
Pourthiaea villosa: Flower Color
White
Pourthiaea villosa: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Pourthiaea villosa: Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Pourthiaea villosa: Flower Size
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
< 1 inch
> 6 inches
Pourthiaea villosa Leaves
Pourthiaea villosa: Leaf Description
Dark green leaves; 1.5-3.5 in. long; sharply serrated; yellowish, reddish bronze and red fall color
Pourthiaea villosa: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Pourthiaea villosa: Leaf Color
Gold/Yellow
Green
Pourthiaea villosa: Deciduous Leaf Fall Color
Red/Burgundy
Pourthiaea villosa: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Pourthiaea villosa: Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Pourthiaea villosa: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Pourthiaea villosa: Leaf Length
< 1 inch
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
> 6 inches
Pourthiaea villosa Whole Plant Traits
Pourthiaea villosa: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Pourthiaea villosa: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Pourthiaea villosa: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Pourthiaea villosa: Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Pourthiaea villosa Cultural Conditions
Pourthiaea villosa: Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Pourthiaea villosa: Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Pourthiaea villosa: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
4a
4b
5a
5b
6a
6b
7a
7b
Pourthiaea villosa: Soil Texture
Clay
High Organic Matter
Loam (Silt)
Sand
Shallow Rocky
Pourthiaea villosa Stem
Pourthiaea villosa: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
