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Pieris Japonica growing onto my lawn

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Towcester · 21/08/2022 16:48

See pic. I obviously planted it too close to border. It doesn't seem to grow backwards into the border, just out onto my lawn. Could I stake it and lift the bits growing outwards to point upwards? Should I prune it? Don't really want to dig it up to move it but could do as a last resort.

Have a robotic mower that always tangles with it when it cuts the edge of lawn.

Pieris Japonica growing onto my lawn
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longtompot · 21/08/2022 17:04

Looks like it's growing towards the light. What direction is it facing?

longtompot · 21/08/2022 17:05

Is it this one as it says it likes shade or dappled shade www.gardenersworld.com/plants/pieris-japonica/

Towcester · 21/08/2022 17:17

It is east facing. It sits next to and under an Acer too.

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CatherinedeBourgh · 21/08/2022 17:28

Doesn't really look like it's got room back towards the border? Plants will grow towards where they can expand, as a rule.

I would just change the shape of the border to accommodate it tbh.

Jellybean23 · 21/08/2022 17:28

Cut off the bits you don't want. Cut back to a pair of leaves with secateurs to avoid a shorn look.
No plant is going to actively favour growing toward the dark, even if they like/tolerate shade. You'll have to trim back every year but that won't hurt it.

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