How fast do pieris grow

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More Images. Type: Broadleaf evergreen. Family: Ericaceae. Height: 4. Spread: 3. Bloom Time: April. Bloom Description: White. Sun: Full sun to part shade. Maintenance: High. Garden locations. Pieris do not require routine pruning. The shrub can be pruned if needed to tidy up any spindly branches or spent flowers.

Pruning should be done in late spring after flowering. The one, possibly only essential requirement when growing any variety of Pieris is to be planted in acid soil and if feeding, an ericaceous feed only. If Pieris is not the shrub for you, check out shrubs and bushes ; spring flowering shrubs ; summer flowering shrubs ; shrubs with autumn and winter interest ; and evergreen shrubs. If you need cover fast, take a look at Fast Growing Evergreen Shrubs for more planting ideas.

There are large varieties of Peiris, which is why checking the variety and label is important. Some varieties such as P. Formosa can grow up to 6 metres which is really a tree not a shrub, as illustrated left. It is fully hardy and has white flowers illustrated in the images above left and right. Pieris japonica 'Debutante' is a more compact form, classified as dwarf growing up to 1 metre in around 10 years.

Ideal if you want a small shrub which stays that way. It is a large variety which grows to around 1. Again, fully hardy H5 which is tolerant of low temperatures to c. There are plenty of smaller varieties, such as P. Also P. Remove faded flowers and frost-damaged foliage in late-spring. This charming hardy climber creates a canopy of glossy green foliage, which in summer is strewn with flat white panicles of flowers on long stems.

Add colour to your garden this winter, select from pansy 'Colourburst', 'Grande Fragrance', wallflower 'Wizard' and viola 'Valentino'. A superb evergreen bearing delicate, waxy, bell-shaped flowers in the depths of winter, with lush green foliage for year-round interest.

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