‘Pyra-Box’ 
‘Radiance’ 
‘Red’ 
‘Red Berry’ 
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and scab; evergreen in zone 7b. Hybrid of P. koidzumii ‘Belli’ x P. 
coccinea var. pauciflora, crossed at U.S. National Arboretum in 1963; 
seedling selection self-pollinated in 1968; selected in 1974; introduced 
in 1987. Name registered by Donald R. Egolf, December 10, 1986; NA 
No. 48239; PI No. 499830. 
(Deigaard Nurseries, Duarte, California. Catalog. 1956 [not seen)). 
Grandview Nursery, Youngsville, Louisiana. Catalog, p. 10. 1962-63 : 
Dwarf; boxwood-like growth habit. Letter April 20, 1967, Otto Martens, 
Deigaard Nurseries : Miniature, compact, evergreen, fruitless, hardy. 
Letter January 5, 1966, V.T. Stoutemyer, University of California, Los 
Angeles, California : Originated by W.E. Lammerts, at University of 
California prior to 1946; extremely dwarf; hardy; keeps formal shape 
with little or no shearing. 
= ‘Boxwood’ 
(Stribling’s Nurseries, Merced, California. Catalog, p. 14. 1954) : Fruit 
orange, turning to red; early ripening. Letter April 5, 1967, Willis A. 
Stribling, Stribling’s Nurseries : Originated as seedling selected in 1949 
because of its extremely early maturing fruit; introduced in 1954 by 
Stribling’s Nurseries. 
(George Jackman & Son, Woking, Surrey, England. Catalog, p. 34. 
1893-94, without description). 
= ‘Fructo Rubra’, ‘Lalandei Red Berry’, ‘Red Berry’ 
P. coccinea 
(Monrovia Nursery, Azusa, California. Catalog, p. 63. 1956-57, as P. 
coccinea ‘Red Berry’) : Fruit more red than other clones. F. deVos. 
Proceedings, Plant Propagators Society, p. 36. 1958, as P. koidzumii 
‘Red Berry’ : Fruit red. 
= ‘Fructo Rubra’, ‘Lalandei Red Berry’, ‘Red’ 
P. coccinea 
