Pieris Floribunda

Brouwer s beauty a hybrid with pieris japonica this popular cultivar is notable for its lustrous deep green leaves and dense compact habit. As the bare ground is warmed by spring s early touch upright clusters of fragrant small white urn shaped flowers borne on the branch tips emerge to celebrate spring s arrival.

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Pieris floribunda

Pieris is a genus of 7 species of evergreen shrubs from the himalayas east asia north america and the west indies. Floribunda and is slightly less hardy. Mountain pieris pieris floribunda.

It is commonly known in north america as mountain fetterbush or mountain andromeda. Mountain fetterbush pieris floribunda. The flower buds form in fall turning progressively whiter before the fragrant flowers bloom in early to mid spring.

It has erect or erect with just slightly nodding panicles of white urn shaped flowers that form in autumn as erect pink buds. According the the university of connecticut website. Many have attractively colored new foliage.

Differs from the other speciesnew growth is pale green mature leaves dull dark green 13 inches long. Upright clusters of small white urn shaped flowers about 2 to 4 long. Pieris floribunda is indeed a north american native.

Compact rounded shrub to 6 feet tall 10 feet wide. All parts of pieris floribunda are poisonous if ingested. Native to southeastern u s.

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