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- Snow White: Snow Mountain Pieris is celebrated for its cascading clusters of pure white bell-shaped flowers that evoke a snowy landscape. Accompanied by glossy, dark green leaves, the contrast provides a visual spectacle. A mature plant typically reaches a height of 6-8 feet with a similar spread, creating an elegant, mounded appearance.
- Mountain Pieris is an evergreen shrub, ensuring year-round visual interest. It prefers acidic, well-draining soil and should be planted in a location sheltered from harsh winds. Ideal as a specimen plant, it also works well in mixed borders and woodland gardens.
- While it can tolerate a fair amount of shade, Snow Mountain Pieris flourishes best in partial sun. To encourage new growth and maintain shape, occasional trimming of dead or unruly branches after flowering is recommended.
- Suited for USDA Hardiness Zones 5-8. While mature plants are relatively drought-tolerant, it's essential to ensure the soil doesn't dry out completely.
Mountain Snow Pieris, from the Southern Living Plant Collection, is a new and improved evergreen landscape shrub that is more heat tolerant than traditional Pieris Japonica Shrubs. New foliage of this shrub will be bronze-maroon and as it matures it will change hues to a deep emerald green. In late summer, large clusters of pendulous buds will appear that will persist until late fall to winter when the blooms will flower with beautiful ivory bell-shaped blossoms.
This is a great specimen for growing in a part shade to shade location and colder exposures with a very wide growing USDA zone of 4a-8b (Hardy to -30°F to -20°F). Pruning is not necessary with this low-maintenance compact grower (mature size 3-4’ tall X 3’ wide), but if desired, we recommend pruning in early Spring before the first flush of new foliage. Mountain Snow Pieris are commonly used in mixed foundation plantings, low perennial borders, in mass garden plantings, or as specimen plantings.
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