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