Photinia davidiana var. undulata
Common name: 
Wavy-leafed Chinese Stranvaesia
Pronunciation: 
fo-TIN-ee-a da-vid-i-A-na un-du-LA-ta
Family: 
Rosaceae
Genus: 
Photinia
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Evergreen shrub, low-growing, wide spreading, to about 5 ft (1.5 m) tall [a prostrate form, undulate prostata, only grows about 3 ft (0.9 m) tall].  Leaves elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 cm cm long, usually with a wavy margin.  Flower clusters 5-7 cm across and fruit about 6 mm wide, orange to coral-red.
  • Sun or light shade.   Prefers moist, well-drained, slightly acid, organic soil.  Susceptible to fireblight.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 6      Native to western China.
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  • plant habit, spring

    plant habit, spring

  • new growth and mature leaves

    new growth and mature leaves