Prelude Size:2 gal size

Prelude Size:2 gal sizeA fine cultivar of the Japanese native shrub Pieris japonica that stays small. The red flower buds decorate the plant in winter giving it good color during the gray days. In spring, the white flowers open in profusion and cover the plant.

It is not currently registered

Grows 3-4 ft

Introduced to the trade in 1966 by Joel Springarn

The flowers are a soft powder pink

the yellowest of the yellows

Small amounts of fertilizer are helpful in early spring and late fall

Very choice

The flower clusters are much wider than tall and sit atop perfect whorls of leaves that turn down slightly

there are attractive strawberry-like fruits that attract birds to your garden

One of first to bloom in our area

this rarely found conifer has a very unusual habit

This azalea is a spreading type