PIERIS

Its lovely will have to check mine to see Yorkshire will let you know if it has.

would appreciate it 6d, I am sure its far to early,

I had to re-site mine in April, it's thriving in new spot and is very green, not a sign of red so far !

very strange, this one only goes red in spring and I have just taken another look and its going red all over.

Try putting this on as a question ... might give you the answer. Will look out for any response.

good idea, will do. I have out a question on

I repotted mine a couple of months ago, and it did then produce some red, but has now gone green again. Mine is not variegated like yours, it looks beautiful.

mine has never gone red in august cinders and I have had it years.

Perhaps you are feeding it too well Yorkshire

Shirley, have had two replies to the question I ask, take a look. !!!

thanks girls for your comments.

Mine is'nt red yet.

clarice, I put a question on today to ask why its gone red, take a look as I got 2 replies and see what you think.

Hi Yorkshire Im in Essex and my Peiris has the new red crowth on too. My Rhodedendron also looks like its getting more flowerheads......

I will look at mine tomorrow !

I put a question on yesterday and ask why it was going red, and I was told its new growth.

beautifull yorkshire ;o))

thanks San

lovely..i have a small one in a pot & it`s just starting to go red

new growth then so I was told yesterday

Mine was going pink in mid-late July ... I've seen quite a few like it on my travels. To be honest I think it is simply because of that late hard frost we had a round here on May 5th (Oooh I remember it well) frying off the early growth. They're such slow growing shrubs - it's probably just taken a few months for the plants to summon up the the strength to have another go at laying down some new growth.

M someone said to me its new growth, I posted a question on GOY, mine is going red all over now. thanks for your comments

Hi Yorkshire. Nice photo...
My recent GoY pic called "Simply Red", shows my Pieris turning red and matching the red of the Lobelia alongside...
My Pieris is Forest Flame and it has had no special treatment ...

... but I think the explanation is that any new growth on the Pieris comes through a red colour ... and my Pieris is having a growth spurt due to rain after two very dry months...

The new growth thing is correct. I used to grow hundreds of Pieris when I was a full time plant nurseryman. I would also buy large numbers in very cheaply from the local plant auctions when they were all green. I'd give them a light prune and roughly 6 weeks later I could sell them with their beautiful red foliage on show.

PS I'm also from Yorkshire but moved to near the Kings lynn area in 1983. I still think of Yorkshire as home. My favourite areas are aroud Grassington and my parents came from the Skipton area. I also love North Yorkshire. I lived near Northallerton for 4 years many years ago.

thanks for your comment, and welcome to GOY, I have to agree with you about Skipton and Grassington, very nice but then yorkshire has some beautiful places to visit,I put a yorkshire blog on back in the summer, may intrest you.