Pieris japonica 'Pygmaea'
11th June 2012
A tiny selection with narrow leaves. It doesn't look like a Pieris and it doesn't have red new growth
but it will eventually produce typical flowers. It has been very slow growing in a pot in the greenhouse.
Although my plant came to me is the cultivar 'Pygmaea', it is probably P. japonica f. pygmaea originally described by Maximowicz from
a plant in cultivation in Japan. A similar plant was found growing wild on Mount Daisen in Japan. My plant has never flowered and grows very slowly.
9th August 2018
References:
International Dendrology Society, Trees and Shrubs Online, https://treesandshrubsonline.org
The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs, RHS, Eighth Edition 2014.