[90] Pieris White Rim

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[64] Pieris White Rim Free. Requires a moist but well drained acid soil in a lightly shade. We aim to enrich everyone s life through plants and make the uk a greener and more beautiful place. Its parent species is p.
Japonica introduced in 1784 as andromeda japonica. Showing suppliers of pieris japonica white rim v 5 results mail order. The plant was first collected and described by noted physician carl thunberg while working for the dutch east india company in japan.
Show mail order suppliers only 5 find a plant. Dramatic japanese pieris is a high maintenance plant requiring morning sun afternoon shade and well draining soil that is organically rich and slightly acidic. Pieris japonica white rim a slow growing dense ericaceous shrub with its evergreen foliage variegated a bright creamy white flushed pink when young.
The fruit is a woody capsule which splits into five sections to release the numerous small seeds. Pieris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some lepidoptera species including the engrailed. Pieris white rim evergreen shrub slow growing with a dense habit.
Produces fragrant lily of the valley type flowers march april. The shape and mass of white flowers gives pieris its common name of lily of the valley bush. White rim leaves of the variegated pieris have creamy white margins and new growth is dark pink in the spring.
Plants are native to eastern china and this group from the island. The new growth can be from bronze to bright red before turning green in summer. They have small green leaves and depending on the variety drooping clusters of white pink or red fragrant flowers in spring.
The flowers are bell shaped 5 15 mm 0 2 0 6 in long white or pink and arranged in racemes 5 12 cm 2 0 4 7 in long. Variegated foliage is flushed with pink when young. It is an evergreen providing cover all year round and with several months of interest and colour starting with the red spring growth through to later attractive flowers.
Flowers are bell shaped and hang gracefully in long clusters. Pieris is an ideal shrub. Slightly shy to produce its lovely lily of the valley like flowers.
Pieris pieris japonica or lily of the valley is a fantastic accent plant for the garden. The new red growth appears in late february and throughout march when the growth takes up colour and is. Join the rhs today and get 12 months for the.
This variety is synonymous with the 20th century cultivar white rim and is the only variegated pieris in cultivation. Pieris japonica variegata syn.