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Old 01-06-2008, 11:19 PM
beccabunga beccabunga is offline
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Originally Posted by hedge View Post
Thanx becca. The tree I mentioned has red leaves but it does look very similar to the name you have mentioned.
I have googled the name "JAPANESE PIERIS" and managed to get this-
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DN


Much appreciated- I might be on the right track now!
The Pieris has wonderful brilliant red new leaves that go yellow and then green, while at the same time producing these racemes of white flowers.