I'm sure my Pieris is a Mountain Fire. At one time I had over 200 of them I propagated from cuttings and installed most in landscapes I was doing. I never ran into problems planting them in the Fall....or winter, for that matter. Our cold in the winter isn't too different from Connecticut's.The Pieris j., 'Mountain Fire' may look like a P. formosa forrestii because of the way it has been pruned and I took the picture just after the best red new growth color. Here's another picture of it with a taller variegated one to the left. Mike This post was edited by mikebotann on Wed, Jun 4, 14 at 18:16

When I came home and looked at the house, you are right. The nursery stated partial shade to full sun would be ok for this pieris. A lot of online research suggests the same but I trust people who have actual experience with these plants more. Do you think I should switch locations. I am in southwest Pa, in an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh. Not sure if that matters. My house is a two story. If you are looking at my front door, they would be planted off the left front corner. I believe my house faces east as the sun comes up it's directly on our front door. My yard is in the sun the majority of the day. Thanks for your help!

i dont understand the problem??? are you suggesting.. that you have so few plant choices that your life can not go on.. if you dont keep/get this plant in your yard??? if it bothers you.. GET RID OF IT ... or dont buy it otherwise... i found out that if i fed my kids well enough .. they didnt really need to graze the garden ... lol .. and the first thing they learned when they could talk.. was not to put anything in the garden in their mouth ... unless daddy gave it to them ... i wouldnt care if a bunny was to stupid to not know better [which i doubt] .. same with the dog .... as it should be trained enough to stay out of your garden ... as to the bees... how would this thing go to seed.. w/o a pollinator ... etc ... me thinks you doth protest to much.. frankly.. everything in your garden is toxic.. one way or another... but if you cant live with the risk.. all the power to ya.. but dont tell me you cant live w/o it ... is there a psyche forum .. lol .. this isnt about the plant.. as much as you worrying about it ... and you will NEVER enjoy this plant.. if you get it .... so why bother.... ken ps: know why monarch butterflies are so wildly colored??? because they are highly poisonous to birds.. and the color keeps the birds away ... mother nature has a way of taking care of these things ... but she can do nothing about you 'worrying' about it all ...

We live in Zone 5 and have a Pieris Japonica Mountain Fire shrub. I don't know how old it is since we just moved to our house a couple years ago. It was amongst some landscaping which had been quite neglected when we first moved to our home. It is about 3 feet tall, and it is planted in a predominantly shaded area on the north side of our house. It receives a couple hours of direct sunlight per day. It does get the pretty red leaves, but it hasn't flowered for us. I put some holly tone on it this spring and again recently this fall. Perhaps that will help, I don't know? Oth, some of my in-laws have these shrubs planted in front of their house in a location where they receive a lot of sun...probably a good eight hours of it. Their shrubs are much larger than ours, and they get really nice looking white flowers on them in the spring. I hope that helps.