brightly coloured young leaves and panicles of small white bell flowers in spring
Pieris japonica
aka Japanese Andromeda, Flame of the Forest
- evergreen shrub
- upright, bushy growth
- lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves
- leaves flushed red when young
- arching racemes of bell-shaped white blooms
- spring flowering
H 5m
S 4m
part shade
loamy
well-drained
Notes: Gifted as a mature shrub from my daughter’s garden and ideal for the Japanesque woodland planting which is where Pieris grow originally. Hence dislikes alkaline soil!
My Japanesque Garden 
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