Photinia ×fraseri (Red robin)

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Photinia ×fraseri Dress

Red robin

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Rosales	Rose family and eight others
Family	Rosaceae	Includes apples, apricots, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, raspberries, strawberries, almonds, roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns; many others
Genus	Photinia	New Latin, from Greek phōteinos, “shining, bright” (from phōt-, phōs, “light”) + New Latin -ia; a reference to shiny leaves
Species	×fraseri	After Scottish plant collector John Fraser (1750 - 1811)

About plant names...

Fraser’s photonia is not native to North America. It is a popular landscape plant, though it is susceptible to leaf rot disease.

Plants: Shrubs are evergreen, more or less upright oval in shape, up to 10-18' (3-5.5 m) × 8-12' (2.4-3.7 m).

Leaves: New leaves and stems are bronze to copper to bright red, darkening to a glossy dark green. Leaves are leathery, elliptic to oval, with finely serrated margins, 4-8" (10-20 cm).

Flowers: Flowers are white, ¼" (8.4 mm), in panicles up to 5-6" (12-15 cm) long. They appear in late April, and smell unpleasant.

Fruits: Red berries that persist through the winter.

Online References:

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Hort.ifas.ufl.edu

Www.uaex.edu