Add bold year-round color to your landscape with Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’, a stunning evergreen shrub prized for its brilliant red new foliage and cascading white spring blooms. This compact ornamental shrub produces vibrant glossy red leaves in early spring that mature to rich green, creating dramatic seasonal contrast and visual interest throughout the year.

In spring, fragrant white flower clusters gracefully hang beneath the branches, adding elegance and charm to shaded gardens, borders, and foundation plantings. Shade tolerant, cold hardy, and easy to maintain, ‘Mountain Fire’ is an excellent choice for woodland gardens, decorative containers, and colorful evergreen landscapes. You will receive a healthy container-grown plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’ shrub
✔️ Height: approximately 6–12 inches tall
✔️ Grown in #1 nursery container
✔️ Healthy, rooted evergreen plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information
Common Name: Mountain Fire Pieris
Botanical Name: Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen flowering shrub
Growth Stage: Young container-grown plant
Sun Requirements: Partial shade to filtered sun
Soil: Acidic, moist, well-draining soil
Watering: Moderate; prefers evenly moist soil
Mature Height: 4–8 feet
Mature Width: 3–6 feet
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
USDA Zones: 5–8
Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip: Plant in acidic soil with good organic matter for healthiest growth and brightest foliage color. Protect from harsh afternoon sun in warmer climates to prevent leaf scorch.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.