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Pieris Japonica Forest Flame
19.06.2023 - 09:35 / aberdeengardening.co.uk
Pieris Forest flame commonly, known as the Lily of the valley shrub.
If you are looking for a colourful evergreen shrub, Rhododendrons would possibly be the first choice of most gardeners.
However, go and take a look at Pieris Forest Flame, what a show off it is. In fact, some may find this shrub garish and not quite in keeping with their sophisticated idea of gardening, I say, bring it on.
Lets start off with this shrub in late Winter, the dark green glossy leaves in themselves prevent the garden from looking naked.
Come Spring, the whole shrub explodes with bright red new leaves which gradually fade to pink and then turn a peachy cream colour. In early Spring the shrub often displays panicles of white flowers which resemble Lily of the valley blooms.
This one in our back garden, magnificent as it is does not bloom every year. The blooms shown below are of another type of Pieris which is in our front garden, just showing as an example.
The flowers of forest flame are white and don’t have this hint of pinkish brown. I will change the picture at a later date.
This year the Pieris Forest Flame has behaved itself extremely well.
Some years, when late March and early April happen to be unusually warm the young red leaves start to appear, only to get blackened with a hard frost. Annoying as it may be the shrub recovers and the process starts anew.
The picture below shows Forest Flame in late May of this year, after the red explosion the creamy leaves look quite subtle.
The particularly healthy appearance this year is well and truly down to April remaining in the grips of Winter for most of the month. Ah well, nice to know it made life easy for the Pieris.
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