Botanical Name: Common Names:
Pieris japonica Temple Bells Japanese Andromeda, Japanese Pieris,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Oval, Rounded
Description:
Beautiful, slow growing broadleaf evergreen shrub with horizontal branching. Leaves are bronze-red when young and age to an attractive glossy dark green. Showy clusters of tassle-like pinkish buds open to fragrant white flowers in early spring. Its leaves are bronze-red when young, maturing to glossy dark green. With its tiered Highly ornamental all through the year. Grows approx 1.5m x 1.5m.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Loam, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Formal Garden, Fragrant Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Topiary / Espalier, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Likes the same conditions as Azaleas, Camellias and Gardenias. Plant in moist, well drained soil in a sheltered, partly shaded position. Protect from hot winds.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Ericaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Red
Flower Colour: White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: Low
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