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Help Identifying Small Shrub Please
RichardAshwell
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I have just moved into a new property in the Midlands. This shrub was left behind in a pot. It is about 6 years old, apparently, but no one seems to know what it is. It needs re-potting, but I don't want to do this until I know if it is lime-hating or not. I have tried to identify it from pictures of small shrubs on the web but with no luck. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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It's a Pieris. They do prerfer a slightly acid soil, but I've grown them in my slightly alkaline soil in the past.
Billericay - Essex
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Thanks Pete.
Definitely needs potting up or planting out. The ends of the leaves look a bit chlorotic.
That looks like a Pieris Forrestii desperately in need of some acid soil dug in around it. A beautiful plant when given optimum conditions. Good luck.