I am almost certain that this is Photinia x fraseri 'Red Robin'. It is a shrub that I coveted in the Italian gardens that grew it as a hedge in place of the laurel that surrounds the garden of No 3 and the majority of the town's gardens. There is something enticing about this glorious display of bright red new growth. I have seen it locally in rivers of red, blocks of scarlet and specimens, clashing with bright pink cherry blossom.
It has to be forgiven for any clashes...it is a delight and can not only make me smile, yet begs me to stroke the soft young leaves.
There's a big bush of this in next door's garden, right next to a forsythia. They're a lively combination.
ReplyDeleteThe red makes a welcome change from the yellowness of spring. There would be no competition for me between the photinia and the forsythia. The photinia would win all the time.
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