Photinia glabra

South Australia's Plant Selector+ gives full sun to part shade; clay, loam or sand, acid to alkaline; minimal supplementary watering; and ticks drought and moderate frost among what it tolerates. It lists it for second-line coast, coastal cliffs, coastal footslopes, hills and plains, and says the plant responds to heavy pruning. North Carolina State Extension, an American reference, says it does best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade with good air circulation, calls it intolerant of wet conditions, and advises watering at the soil rather than over the leaves. It calls it the least cold-tolerant of the photinias and says it should be planted where it is protected from cool winds. The same reference reports leaf spot, a problem in the summer climates of the warmer American zones, and says fireblight, powdery mildew, aphids and scale can also occur. No Australian reference read covers its pests. HortFlora gives seed or semi-hardwood cuttings for propagating the genus.

It is a hedge and screen plant. South Australia's Plant Selector+ calls it a hardy ornamental foliage plant, excellent for screening and formal hedging, and lists it for hedges, screens and wind protection. North Carolina State Extension says it can be used as a hedge or grown as a small tree. Its design tags add borders and a flowering tree. No reference read gives a planting distance for a hedge.

Read the line: 'Rubens', 'Wonder Hedge' and 'Super Hedge' are listed under Photinia glabra by their own names. North Carolina State Extension says it is sometimes confused with Photinia serrulata and is the larger of the two, with larger leaves. The Australian Plant Census gives it only as doubtfully naturalised in Queensland, though the Atlas of Living Australia holds records of it in several states. Stock crossing a state border moves under the state and territory biosecurity rules.