Pieris japnica '' Katsura'' is discovered recently in the mountains near a shinto temple in Japan
The difference between this one...Read More and other pieris is that the foliage is dark green / bronze like and the new growth is deep dark red.
how colder the temperature the more bronze colored the leaves wil be.
The native habitat is mountain like forrests
It prefers a fertile organic soil.
It is a small pieris reaching about 60 cm and in maturity 90 cm and only can be grown in acidic soils.
It will die instantly in chalky soils
The flowers are red from the inside.
Pros
Evergreen
Very rare dark green, Dark red , Bronze color
Flowers very early
Good for rock gardens
Small to medium size
Even when it have lost all it's leaves it still has a ornamental value.
This pieris does wel in light shade
Cons
Chalky soils wil kill this thing in a week
Requires a moist soil, but waterlogging or overwatering is a death sentence.
Pink flowers wil not look good if grown with acer cultivars, especially the red leave ones.
Often unofficially sold by another name
Pieris japnica '' Katsura'' is discovered recently in the mountains near a shinto temple in Japan
The difference between this one...Read More