Pieris - Mountain Fire

Grown for their superb foliage. The leaves emerge red and slowly change to a chestnut brown, and finally green. A mass of small white bell-shaped flowers appear in Spring.

They sit well in ant shrub border or in a peat or woodland garden.

Use ericaceous compost when planting. Thrives in humus-rich, moist but well-drained, acid soil in full sun or semi-shade.

Prune after flowering in late spring, Lightly trim back shoots that spoil the smmetry. Dead head if required.

Native to: China/Himalayas

Eventual height: 1 metre

Evenual spread: 1 metre

Flowering period: Early summer

Aspect: Sun/semi-shade.

Soil type: Acidic/moist/well drained

Dispatched in the 3 Litre Growing Pot