Pieris White Rim

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Pieris white rim. Showing suppliers of pieris japonica white rim v 5 results mail order. Plants are native to eastern china and this group from the island. Join the rhs today and get 12 months for the. They have small green leaves and depending on the variety drooping clusters of white pink or red fragrant flowers in spring.

Pieris japonica white rim a slow growing dense ericaceous shrub with its evergreen foliage variegated a bright creamy white flushed pink when young. Requires a moist but well drained acid soil in a lightly shade. Produces fragrant lily of the valley type flowers march april. Flowers are bell shaped and hang gracefully in long clusters.

Pieris species are used as food plants by the larvae of some lepidoptera species including the engrailed. Japonica introduced in 1784 as andromeda japonica. Genus pieris are compact evergreen shrubs with leathery dark green leaves often brightly coloured when young and small white urn shaped flowers borne in panicles in spring details white rim is a compact evergreen shrub with lanceolate leaves variably margined with creamy white often tinged pink when young and small spreading panicles of white flowers in spring. The royal horticultural society is the uk s leading gardening charity.

Pieris white rim evergreen shrub slow growing with a dense habit. The new growth can be from bronze to bright red before turning green in summer. Dramatic japanese pieris is a high maintenance plant requiring morning sun afternoon shade and well draining soil that is organically rich and slightly acidic. Variegated foliage is flushed with pink when young.

The plant was first collected and described by noted physician carl thunberg while working for the dutch east india company in japan. White rim leaves of the variegated pieris have creamy white margins and new growth is dark pink in the spring. The new red growth appears in late february and throughout march when the growth takes up colour and is. 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. This variety is synonymous with the 20th century cultivar white rim and is the only variegated pieris in cultivation. Its parent species is p. 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.

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. The shape and mass of white flowers gives pieris its common name of lily of the valley bush. It does poorly in drying winds and. Pieris is an ideal shrub.

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