On Wed, 05 May 2004 21:15:25 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Tue, 04 May 2004 16:55:11 +0100, VivienB
wrote:

We have to keep lime-hating plants in containers here. We have a
Pieris which has had a spell of minimal attention, which is now
looking very leggy. It is about 3 to 4 feet high and wide and in a
large plastic pot. Is it a practical proposition to rejuvenate it by
pruning and feeding, or is it unlikely to respond?

There is already much more that needs doing in this garden to try to
get/keep order than I can comfortably cope with, so if it is not a
good bet, I shall clear it away and get another.

Regards, VivienB

Prune, and feed with ericaceous fertiliser? Replace the top inch or
two of soil with ericaceous compost? Re-pot into a larger pot or a tub
and use ericaceous compost?

*Any* of those. Is there any chance any of those will work?
It seems from BAC's post that pruning is not likely to kill it, but
will it end up such an odd shape I shall wish I hadn't bothered? Or
does it come back proper Pieris shape?

Regards, VivienB