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<div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div dir="ltr">Just to be clear and a cautionary head-off of any
knee-jerk reactions by the public, you are NOT referring to the popular
landscape plant Red Tip Photinia or Photinia x fraseri . <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Yes,
Dirr mentions in his tome Manual of Woody landscape Plants pg 809
observing this plant P. villossa Oriental Photinia escaping from a noted
arboretum "with seedlings established along the road".</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">But
no...cultivar Red Tip Photinia, the popular landscape plant, has not
been noted for invasiveness. In fact, I'm surprised any of them survive
at all due to rampant leaf spot disease.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Patrick D. Kelly, Principal and Horticulturist</div>
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On Thursday, May 19, 2022, 08:51:08 AM EDT, Stephen Hiltner <stevehiltner@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv0661042929"><div dir="ltr"><div>Many on these listserves can be grateful that you haven't encountered Photinia villosa. I believe it is an escape from a nursery in Princeton, NJ, and is now spreading across the state. A few years back, I discovered another invasive small tree that may be in the same genus, which was changed from Photinia to <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Whitney, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Pourthiaea. Here are a couple photos of the foliage, comparing the two: </span><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/gptnqGTfHnVXZuNz9">https://photos.app.goo.gl/gptnqGTfHnVXZuNz9</a> The Photinia villosa is much coarser.</div><div><br></div><div>I posted <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.princetonnaturenotes.org/2022/01/a-mystery-tree-in-princeton.html">more photos</a> on my nature blog, and the species, whatever it is, is now being discussed on iNaturalist: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117251042">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117251042</a></div><div><br></div><div>I've been encountering more and more in Princeton preserves. Most are small and don't bloom, but I have one in my yard that gets some sun and just finished blooming.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div></div>
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