Pieris japonica Katsura Christmas trees some branches being more horizontal

some branches being more horizontal than the usual weeping growth

spreading habit and rather thick branches

Mexican Orange Blossom Snow Flurries

Popular as a potted plant or for shrub beds

mulching with leaf-mould is also beneficial

Pieris japonica Katsura Christmas trees some branches being more horizontalPieris 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