Regarding the letter to the Plant Doctor from Dawn Schofield in Issue 273. I have two very happy healthy pieris growing in my garden that are about 10 years old. They are in an area that gets full sun, are mulched with bark and the only attention they get is deadheading. After they have finished flowering, I remove all the stems the flowers were on. This is a time-consuming job, but keeps the shrub in nice shape. I have noticed that if I miss any, they grow scraggly and don’t flower as well next season. I hope this is helpful, as they are so lovely to see in the garden.
Keep up the good work with a very useful magazine. I look forward to mine every fortnight.
Lynn Lees, Kerikeri.
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