34)+Birmingham+x+photinia

=Birmingham= = = Family: Rosaceae Genus: //Photinia// Species: //Photinia x fraseri// Common Name: Birmingham Monocot or dicot: Dicot Monoecious or dieocious: dieocious

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 * [[image:Birmingham34_full_picture2.jpg]]
 * [[image:Birmingham34_bark_picture2.jpg]]


 * Classification:**

Angiosperm/Conifer Monocot/Dicot Diecious/Monoecious

**Family characteristics:** >> **Identifying features:**
 * Leaves are:
 * Alternate
 * 5 sepals
 * carpels 1 to many
 * Many stamen
 * Usually have five petals, but they sometimes have four or six petals
 * Size:**
 * Height: 12 to 18 feet
 * Spread: 8 to 12 feet
 * Characteristics:
 * Sometimes showy and doesn't attract animals

Bark:
 * Thin
 * Sometimes has multiple trunks
 * Grows upright
 * Not very showy
 * no thorns
 * reddish or at times brown

Leaf description:
 * Arrangement: alternate
 * Type: simple
 * Color: red or green

Roots: Surface roots are usually not a problem

Fruit/Seed: · Shape: round · Length: <.5 inch · Color: red Flower · Flower color: white · Flower characteristics: showy in the summer **Location/Habitat:** > 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) > 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) > > > > **Water/Sun Requirements:** Pests include:
 * Mostly in Southern United States
 * Hardiness: Zone 7 - 9.
 * Soil pH requirements:
 * Soil tolerances: clay; loam; sand; slightly alkaline; acidic; well-drained Drought tolerance: high
 * Soil salt tolerance: poor
 * Can live in temperatures of 0F
 * Likes dry soil
 * Full sun exposer, but grows fine in the shade
 * caterpillars
 * mites
 * European fruit-tip moth

Disease

Things that harm and kill:
 * Fire blight
 * Leafspot diseases are very serious
 * Mildew
 * Root rot

**Reproduction:**
 * Plants don't seed
 * Flowers are sterile
 * This plant is a hybrid between Japanese photinia (//P. glabra//) and Chinese photinia (//P. serrulata//)
 * Dieocious

**Additional Information:** Other plants close to //Photinia x fraseri:// **Evaluation of DaVinci Plant:** The plant that we have in front of our Da Vinci campus was beautiful when I went and took pictures. I believe that the plant is good for the other plants around it and I also think that people should appreciate that we have such a fine plant that we can look at every day.
 * 24) Coast Redwood
 * 25) Apeppo Pine

**Sources:** http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1740/
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By: Kristina N.