Re: Snowberry

I'll echo what others have said about snowberry, plus it has very lax
stems that root where they touch ground.  I haven't yanked
mine....yet....but whack them back hard each spring.  Never had much
bloom or berries on mine as they are in a good bit of shade and what
I have had did not impress me - nothing like as nice as the photo
that lead me to buy the durn thing.

Pieris should do fine with a couple hours direct sun - too much sun
and you get lace bugs like mad.  With your description of your soil,
I'd suggest adding peat or pine bark fines as it doesn't sound like
it's gonna be acid enough for Pieris or Leucothoe...both of which
want acid soil.  Both are very nice plants.  My old Pieris japonica
are about 9 or 10 feet tall now; took them about 25 years to get that
size, I love them.  Got Leucothoe 'Rainbow' two years ago and have
been very pleased with it; lovely creature.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
> Thanks for the heads-up. Now I know why snowberry is hard to find.
> I love the idea of a pieris, but I'm not sure this soil (which is
largely
> granite chips and compost, plus store-bought top soil) is acid
enough. (I
> could, of course, test the soil--but somehow I never do.) I also
wonder if
> about two hours of direct light a day (late morning to early
afternoon) is
> enough for blooms to happen. What about leucothoe--is that more
shade-tolerant?
> Nancy Stedman, NYC
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