photinia plants for sale

Name: The Plant Company
Address: 284 Meeanee Road, Meeanee, Napier, 4112, New Zealand
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If you’re searching for healthy, vibrant photinia plants for sale, you’re in the right place. Photinia is a beloved evergreen shrub in New Zealand gardens, prized for its lush foliage, resilient nature, and brilliant bursts of red new growth. Offering year-round colour and structure, photinia hedges make an excellent choice for privacy, windbreaks, and impressive landscape displays. Whether you’re after classic varieties such as ‘Red Robin’ or harder-to-find species, our nursery has an impressive range of photinia plants for sale to suit every garden style and size.

Photinia 'Red Robin'

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Photinia ‘Red Robin’ is a popular evergreen shrub renowned for its vibrant red new growth, which contrasts beautifully with the mature glossy green foliage. It forms a dense, upright bush that can reach 3–4 metres tall, making it ideal for hedging, screening, or as a feature plant.

Buy Photinia 'Red Robin'

From $18.95

Suited to regions: All regions

Plant type: Shrubs

Height: 4.00 m

Spread: 4.00 m

Flowering time: Spring

Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy

Garden uses: Hedging, Pool areas, Screening

Garden styles: Alpine, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Formal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern

Photinia 'Black Jack'

Photinia 'Black Jack' is a distinctive evergreen shrub valued for its deep red to burgundy new growth, glossy green mature foliage, and dense branching habit. The darker foliage tones create strong contrast and make this plant an excellent choice for New Zealand hedges, privacy screens, mixed borders, and feature planting.

Buy Photinia 'Black Jack'

From $18.95

Suited to regions: All regions

Plant type: Shrubs

Height: 4.00 m

Spread: 2.00 m

Tolerances: Coastal, Hardy

Garden uses: Hedging, Living areas, Pool areas, Screening

Garden styles: Alpine, Backyard, City & Courtyard, Coastal, Formal, Frontyard, Japanese, Modern

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Why Choose Photinia for Your Garden?

Photinia plants thrive in the diverse New Zealand climate, handling frosts and strong winds with ease once established. They are fast-growing, easy to maintain, and respond beautifully to trimming, making them ideal for formal hedges, screens, or feature shrubs. Their glossy green leaves are eye-catching year-round, while the flushes of scarlet or bronze-red new growth create a dynamic contrast in spring and autumn. Photinia also produces small white flowers, attracting pollinators and adding seasonal interest to your outdoor space.

Popular Photinia Varieties Available

Not all photinia are alike. Explore our curated selection of photinia plants for sale, each with distinct foliage colours, growth habits, and uses:

Photinia glabra (Japanese Photinia) is a classic variety renowned for its elegant oval leaves and exceptional adaptability. It’s a top performer as a formal hedge or windbreak, thriving in tricky spots or mixed borders.
Photinia 'Red Robin' is the iconic variety with its unmistakable fiery red shoots. With its robust growth and glossy leaves, it's perfect for a statement hedge or screen.
Photinia Red Blaze (Photinia Scarlet Blaze) offers intense scarlet new foliage and compact form, ideal for smaller gardens or low-growing hedges.
Photinia fraseri (Red Tips Shrub) is well-known for its striking red tips, flowering profusely in late spring. This variety is both hardy and versatile, suitable for hedging or as a specimen plant.
Photinia Super Red (Red Robin) is selected for its especially vivid colour and strong growth, making a top choice for gardeners seeking dazzling hedges.

Growing and Caring for Photinia

Caring for your photinia is simple. They thrive in well-draining soils and prefer a sunny to lightly shaded position—though they tolerate partial shade as well. For the best foliage colour, plant your photinia in full sun. Regular pruning encourages denser growth and more vibrant new leaves. Mulching during dry spells and an annual feed with a balanced fertiliser will keep your plants thriving.

Buy Quality Photinia Plants in NZ

Whether you need a fast-growing privacy hedge or a bold feature shrub, you’ll find the perfect photinia plants for sale at our New Zealand nursery. Browse our range including Photinia glabra (Japanese Photinia), Photinia 'Red Robin', Photinia Red Blaze (Photinia Scarlet Blaze), Photinia fraseri (Red Tips Shrub), and Photinia Super Red (Red Robin). Enjoy lush colour, hardy growth, and long-lasting beauty with a photinia perfectly suited to your landscape. Our friendly team is here to help you choose and establish the ideal photinia for your garden.

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Whether you need assistance finding the plant you’re looking for or you simply want to know more about who we are and what we do, we invite you to get in touch with us today. A member of The Plant Company team will get back in touch as soon as possible.