DESCRIPTION
Pieris japonica ‘Ralto’ is an evergreen shrub grown for its variegated foliage and showy flower display. Narrow, lance-shaped leaves are edged in creamy white to soft butter yellow around blue-green centers. Through winter, the foliage holds its color while clusters of deep red buds hang at the tips of the branches, giving the plant a colorful presence even in the dormant season.
In early to mid spring, those buds open into drooping chains of rosy red to pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract pollinators. Pieris japonica is native to Japan, and ‘Ralto’ (marketed as Passion Frost) originated in the Netherlands as a selected branch mutation of the cultivar ‘Valley Valentine’ before being introduced to the Passion Party series.
DESCRIPTION
Pieris japonica ‘Ralto’ is an evergreen shrub grown for its variegated foliage and showy flower display. Narrow, lance-shaped leaves are edged in creamy white to soft butter yellow around blue-green centers. Through winter, the foliage holds its color while clusters of deep red buds hang at the tips of the branches, giving the plant a colorful presence even in the dormant season.
In early to mid spring, those buds open into drooping chains of rosy red to pink, bell-shaped flowers that attract pollinators. Pieris japonica is native to Japan, and ‘Ralto’ (marketed as Passion Frost) originated in the Netherlands as a selected branch mutation of the cultivar ‘Valley Valentine’ before being introduced to the Passion Party series.
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