Pieris 'Forest Flame'
- 20 Mar, 2024
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Moved this to a bigger pot last year.
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Janey, this is in a 50/50 mix of garden and ericaceous soil. I do have a Pieris in a West facing border where it thrives.
21 Mar, 2024
Yes, a lovely lot of blooms. Mine has few this year as I chopped off quite a lot of stems that were getting straggly. However it has done the trick & bushed out nicely. I expect it will have more flowers next year.
23 Mar, 2024
Josie, yours sounds lovely. We had a downpour of hailstones earlier this afternoon ... the poor plants won't know whether to bloom or not!
23 Mar, 2024
Wow, I thought mine had done well this year but yours has so many more flowers. What a beauty…
24 Mar, 2024
Thanks Hb, I think it is thriving as it went in to a bigger pot last year and was topped up with 50/50 garden soil and ericaceous soil.
24 Mar, 2024
I must remember your 50/50 garden soil and ericaceous compost, when I pot it on again.
24 Mar, 2024
Janey, it certainly seems happy in that mix.
25 Mar, 2024
We had a long spell of thunder and lightening served up with hailstones tonight! Nothing says Spring like Hailstones does it?!
27 Mar, 2024
Missed this one, Shirley. It’s a big beauty, isn’t it!!! Lots of little flowers on it too - my Pieris’ are pitiful in comparison!!
27 Mar, 2024
Karen, I just heard this morning that it is snowing in some parts of Devon. We have gusty wind and heavy rain, and so it goes on!
No worries Kate, it is impossible to keep up with photos and blogs at times! I just hope the strong winds forecast for later today do not damage it.
28 Mar, 2024
Snowing indeed? It must be summer!
28 Mar, 2024
Karen, the wind and rain here has now stopped so I went out to check for any damage and heard a bee buzzing. It was huge and had settled on the Pieris flowers in the sunshine we had for a whole ten minutes!
28 Mar, 2024
Well, this is the nicest morning we’ve woken up to since we moved down here Shirley (Sat) things are looking up!
30 Mar, 2024
Make the most of it ... showers and rain next week ... :o(
30 Mar, 2024
Yes, I saw that forecast too. But showers will be an improvement on the deluge!
30 Mar, 2024
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So many flowers Shirley! I've just bought one and potted it up with ericaceous compost. My other one didn't like the alkaline soil.
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