Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Pieris formosa forrestii








Botanical Name: Pieris formosa forrestii
Common Name:Chinese Pieris
Family: Ericaceae
Type: Broad leaved evergreen shrub
Origin/Habitat: Himalayas
Leaf Character: Alternate, simple, up to 6"  elliptic to lanceolate
Flower Type: terminal panicles 8" urceolate, individual flowers are 1/4" 
Color: white
Period:
Fruit: capsule
Bark: peeling red and brown
Exposure: partial shade 
Water: keep moist

Remarks: flowers, foliage, form, used as  hedge, visual screen, espalier, specimen, container, shade garden 

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