Photinia
by Elena Nosyreva
Title
Photinia
Artist
Elena Nosyreva
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art
Description
Photograph of Photinia flowers in a vase, digitally enhanced with textures.
Photinia fraseri is very common shrub that is often classified as a pure species, P. fraseri, but it is in fact a hybrid. Its most dominant parent is likely P. serratifolia, which is native to China where it is known as "Red For A Thousand Years" which is evidenced by P. x. fraseri's bright, scarlet red new growth, its most outstanding characteristic. The Chinese plant was first introduced into Britain in 1804 by Captain Kirkpatrick of the Dutch East India Company. The genus Photinia is classified in the Rosaceae family and English horticulturist John Lindley, 1799-1865, named it from the Greek for shining to describe its glossy foliage. Lindley also dubbed the species after a contemporary plant hunter, John Fraser, 1750-1811, who is best known for introducing many new species from North American into Britain.
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April 18th, 2013
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