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Oriental Photinia
Pourthiaea villosa (por-thee-AY-a vil-LO-sa)
Family: Rosaceae
Unknown Understory (15-40 ft)
Understory (15-40 ft) Unknown Fruit attracts birds; susceptible to fireblight Form : Large shrub to small tree; irregular, broad rounded to vase shape
Source: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox ↗
NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox, 34 attributes.
Companions & Conflicts
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Full plant profile
Growing Conditions
Plant type
Shrub
USDA zones
4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
Clay
Soil drainage
Good Drainage
Mature size
Height: 8 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in. | Width: 8 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.
Canopy layer
2 - Understory (15-40 ft)
Form & Appearance
Habit / form
Rounded
Texture
Medium
Foliage
Deciduous
Leaf color
Gold/Yellow; Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf size
1-3 inches long
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Dark green leaves; 1.5-3.5 in. long; sharply serrated; yellowish, reddish bronze and red fall color
Fall color
Red/Burgundy
Flower color
White
Flower form
Corymb
Flower size
1-3 inches
Flower detail
Small, white flowers on 1-2 in. lacy corymb;
Bloom time
Fall
Fruit color
Red/Burgundy
Fruit size
< 1 inch long
Fruit detail
0.3 in. bright red fruit in fall; persists into winter
Wildlife & Ecology
Native status
Unknown
Food & Medicine
Harvest time
Fall; Winter
Landscape Use
Garden tags
#deciduous
Planted at Hunnicutt
Nobody’s planted this one yet.