Selecting the Best Type of Japanese Pieries
As a landscaping plant, Japanese pieris, pronounced, is a broadleaf evergreen shrub of the Heather family that offers all-year-round beauty and intrigue. Japanese pieris have rectangular leaves that emerge reddish-bronze before changing to glossy, leathery green. It is a plant native to Japan, Taiwan, and East China. It blooms early, bursting into drooping clusters of delicate flowers for around two weeks in the late winter and early spring. Japanese pieris come in a wide variety of cultivars, some of which are compact and good for pots. These cultivars differ in size, hardiness, flower color, and bloom duration. The following are some of the most well-liked cultivars:
Pieris Japonica var. Yakushimensis ‘Cavatine
This diminutive cultivar barely reaches a height and width of roughly 2 feet. It blooms later than others, in late April or early May, and boasts a profusion of creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers.
Dorothy Wyckoff
The mature height and width of this small-sized cultivar, which grows quickly, are around 5 feet. It is well suited to growing in containers and features deep red buds and pastel pink blooms.
Flaming Silver
This cultivar has silver and green foliage that takes the place of fresh growth that ranges from red to pink. White blooms grow on it.
Mountain Fire
Due to its striking red-orange leaves, this variety is one of the most widely grown varieties. Over ten years, it will have a compact growth habit and reach a height and width of around 4 feet and 3 feet, respectively.
Valley Rose
This plant has light pink blooms that bloom in late winter or early spring, and it is a compact, rounded variety. It may go as big as 3 to 5 feet tall and broad.
Red Head
The new growth of this cultivar appears as a beautiful red hue before becoming green, adding a punch of crimson to the landscape.
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