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My Pieris looking colourful this year..........
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EmmaG
17-04-2006, 01:58 PM
WOW very pretty :)
Ooooh I have one of those Mags...mind you it doesn't look anywhere as healthy as yours :roll: Lovely specimen Mags!!
Thanks both!
It is just stuck in the ground, Fran............it gets no special treatment so I'm sure yours will look nice too!
logoes
17-04-2006, 03:27 PM
Mine are still shivering in the cold weather but absolutely covered in blossom. Logoes.
They are beauty's Mags, I have just bought a couple of them....
That's really pretty!!! I've not heard of them but will look out for them. Are they evergreen and how big do they grow?
logoes
17-04-2006, 07:52 PM
You can prune them to the size you want. Mine have been in Wooden half-barrels for at least twelve years. Each Spring I scrape off some of the top soil, replace it with some fresh compost, tip on some long lasting fertiliser and just water when needed. They are about four feet tall . Logoes
logoes
17-04-2006, 07:56 PM
Should have said, yes they are evergreen and come with plain or or white edged leaves. They can grow up to 10 ft. dependoing on the variety.Logoes
They look lovely Mags, I have a few :roll: as you might expect the smaller ones have gone "red" the two larger (older) ones have not yet dropped their blossom (as I call it) sure a few more days sun and they will.:D
Yours look lovely Mags. Fran do you feed yours? they are quick to turn around if you look after them.
Karen
Fran do you feed yours? they are quick to turn around if you look after them.
Karen
I only have the one Kazz. No, I have never fed it :oops: It is planted in the soil now but for a few years I kept it in a container. It has done better since being in the ground but is not the best specimen in the world :roll: Will try and remember to take a piccie of it tomorrow...
Thanks Kazz! I have one in a pot too and it is absolutely covered in 'blossom' this year.....looks as though it has been out in a snowstorm!!:lol:
Thanks Kazz! I have one in a pot too and it is absolutely covered in 'blossom' this year.....looks as though it has been out in a snowstorm!!:lol:
So that hasn't turned over yet either Mags I was begining to get a little concerned then;) but I'll rest easy now.:-D
dinahsmum
18-04-2006, 08:40 AM
It's a lovely plant and grows prety easily. The huge one I brought with me here has suffered from being planted on a poor, chalky, bank (Poor thing, they like ericaceous!) but is hanging on in there!
I've just bought another baby in a litre pot, and that will go in the ericaceous planter, with the azaleas.
Has anyone mentioned that the new (red) leaves are very frost sensitive? Good to have a bit of fleece ready to throw over the plant on cold spring nights. It's such a shame to lose that early colour.
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