28 Pieris Forest Flame Pruning

Foliage evergreen flowering spring soil heath soil. If pieris are pruned in summer or autumn they will forfeit the flowers for the following year but otherwise suffer no damage.

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Pieris forest flame pruning!!!

Position in border middle. If you do wish to prune your shrub this should be done immediately after flowering to ensure you do not lose next year s blooms. Key pieris japonica facts. Japanese andromeda or pieris japonica is a sumptuous shrub.

Remove half the length of gaunt shoots. One appreciates its spring blooming and its beautiful colorful. Details forest flame is a large evergreen shrub the young foliage bright red becoming pink and cream finally green. Hard pruning and remedial pruning of pieris.

Care light pruning. If the shrub has outgrown its position pieris can be cut back to shape or even hard pruned to rejuvenate the whole shrub. However pruning should not take place after the end of august for this can initiate new shoots which will invariably be damaged in the following winter. Prune established bushes in the spring.

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