Japanese Pieris Little Heath
Sometimes incorrectly sold as p.
Japanese pieris little heath. The foliage changes color throughout the seasons and in late summer or fall long dangling clusters of colorful flower buds appear. New growth is a rich mahogany red. Performs best in moist organic and acidic soils. New leaves are pink.
Flowers white from pink buds rather sparse. Showy clusters of small white bell shaped flowers add to the beauty in spring. Pieris japonica little heath dwarf japanese pieris little heath is a dwarf variety of pieris. Pieris japonica little heath sku 6516 a neat compact shrub with a yellow green variegation on the margins of the gray green leaves.
Little heath a smaller variety with showy chains of small white bell shaped flowers and bright scarlet emerging foliage that matures to dark green with white edges. In spring flaming red to pink new growth emerges at the ends of branches above attractive mounds of variegated white and green dainty little leaves. Whatever you call it you ll never be bored with this plant. Small fragrant white flowers appear on pendulous racemes in early spring.
It is a neat little shrub with short elongated pointed leaves of mid green colour with white margins. It produces clusters of small white fragrant flowers at the tips and the foliage. Little heath pieris also known as lily of the valley shrub or andomeda is a delightful evergreen flowering shrub that offers outstanding four season interest in the garden. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
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 little heath is a compact evergreen small shrub to 60cm the small leaves with white margins. It does poorly in drying winds and. Pieris japonica goes by many names including japanese andromeda lily of the valley shrub and japanese pieris. Dramatic japanese pieris is a high maintenance plant requiring morning sun afternoon shade and well draining soil that is organically rich and slightly acidic.
Click for more information. New leaves emerge orange to copper red.