Mountain Snow Pieris
Product Details

Soil Type | Adaptable |
Sunlight | Shade |
Drought Tolerance | Good |
Mature Height | 3-4 Feet |
Mature Width | 2-3 Feet |
Growth Rate | slow |
Bloom Color | White |
Brand | Southern Living® |
Shipping Restriction | AZ |
The Mountain Snow Pieris is more cold hardy and heat tolerant than other Pieris japonica. This showy plant has abundant clusters of white bell flowers in spring. Pendulous buds appear in summer and add interest throughout winter until they open into beautiful petite blooms in early spring. The young leaves are copper-colored, but turn deep green as they age.
The Mountain Snow Pieris is an exciting flowering evergreen shrub for the home landscape. It looks phenomenal as an accent or in mass plantings.
Key Features:
You won’t find this exceptional flowering broadleaf evergreen shrub just anywhere. Shade tolerant. Easy to grow. Year-round interest. Heat and cold hardy. Order yours today before they are gone! You don’t want to miss out on this amazing plant!
Is Mountain Snow Pieris Deer Resistant?
This pieris is cold hardy and deer resistant. Accent your deck, patio, porch, or entryway for an exciting and unique look without worrying about deer.
What Are Good Companion Plants To Plant With This Pieris?
Boxwoods are known to pair well with Barberry shrubs.
How Far Apart Should These Shrubs Be Planted?
Space 24-36" apart to accomodate a 24-48" spread at maturity.
Plant the Pieris Mountain Snow in part or full shade. This evergreen bush is adaptable to any well-draining soil. Water this plant deeply twice weekly after planting to help the roots grow properly. Add 1 to 2 inches of mulch in a mound around newly planted Mountain Snow Pieris plants. After your plant is established it is drought tolerant. However, watering deeply once weekly during periods of drought will keep this shrub at its best. Feed your Mountain Snow Pieris when planting and in early spring with our slow release fertilizer to give your shrub a boost. Prune soon after the bloom period has ended to avoid pruning off flower buds.
Pieris Mountain Snow is deer, disease, and pest resistant. It is heat tolerant to growing zone 8b and cold hardy to USDA growing zone 4.
The Mountain Snow Pieris is a unique shrub that adds year-round interest to the home landscape.
This shrub looks gorgeous as an accent shrub or in groups. Mass plantings will absolutely take your breath away. In the spring you will clearly see the reason for the perfect name ‘Mountain Snow’!
These plants are perfect for pots! Accent your deck, patio, porch, or entryway for an exciting and unique look. Your neighbors will be dying to know what that plant is!
This shrub is great for shady foundation plantings. It won’t grow over your windows! No pruning to worry about!
For more options, check out our Flowering Shrubs and Evergreen Shrubs collections. Pair the Mountain Snow Pieris with the Mountain Fire Pieris for some awesome landscape fire and ice!