Pieris japonica Katsura Christmas trees Mexican Orange Blossom Snow Flurries

Mexican Orange Blossom Snow Flurries

Forming a slightly vigorous

some branches being more horizontal than the usual weeping growth

mulching with leaf-mould is also beneficial

Popular as a potted plant or for shrub beds

Pieris japonica Katsura Christmas trees Mexican Orange Blossom Snow FlurriesPieris Katsura A new, compact form of this acid loving species, Pieris japonica Katsura is a small, slow growing, evergreen shrub with a shapely, upright habit. The strongly divided leathery leaves emerge a most beautiful wine colour, turning deep, glossy green; new wine red growth appears throughout the season. In spring, deep red buds open to masses of small, rose pink urn shaped flowers. Pieris Katsura is good grown in ericaceous compost in a