Variegated Pieris Varieties

New leaves emerge coppery red.

Variegated pieris varieties. Pieris shrubs grow and flower best when planted in full sun or partial shade. Japonica variegata a small growing form with white flowers. It is a colored form of pieris japonica. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom.

Pieris japonica commonly known as japanese pieris or lily of the valley shrub is a broadleaf evergreen shrub full of colorful surprises. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8 including dorothy wyckoff mountain fire hardy in. Pieris japonica variegata other names. Newer varieties have showy red or pink flowers.

They will grow in deep shade but generally do not flower as well and the new foliage growth is usually not as brilliant. Japonica gold rim mid olive green foliage pink when young and then the deeper green flushed with pale golden. Japonica little heath very slow. Play off the delicate evergreen foliage of variegated lily of the valley shrub against coarser plants such as rhododendrons or other bolder variegated plants.

Some varieties have variegated foliage. The plant was first collected and described by noted physician carl thunberg while working for the dutch east india company in japan. Most pieris japonica types have drooping white flowers. Pieris japonica variegata variegated japanese pieris is a shrub or a small tree up to 13 1 feet 4 m tall.

Although the mature leaves are a deep green new leaves. Among the more than 40 varieties of japanese pieris several are hardy in u s. This variety is synonymous with the 20th century cultivar white rim and is the only variegated pieris in cultivation. Japonica introduced in 1784 as andromeda japonica.

Its leaves are dark green and glossy with bright white margins which turn pink in autumn. This is the best variegated cultivar of pieris japonica as it is resistant to sun damage and is the most cold hardy. Well drained for growing pieris is a moist but well drained acid soil. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch.

The show stopping flowers are the real star and what makes this plant unique being the first ever variegated pieris variety to carry the masses of lily of the valley like flowers in deep red purple. These dwarf evergreen shrubs are good plants for coastal gardens. Variety or cultivar variegata variegata is a broadleaf evergreen shrub bearing leaves with a white margin which may be tinged pink in spring and drooping white flowers. Piers japonica is available in a number of pieris variegated forms including p.