Pieris
Location: Campanile, SW side
Approximate blooming period: spring
Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica
Origin: Japan, Tiawan, and eastern China
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 4-5
Height and Form: medium-sized, broadleaf evergreen ornamental shrub up to 10' tall by 8' wide
Foliage and Bark: mature leaves are glossy green, emerging foliage is an attractive reddish color, Leaves and nectar are poisonous, gray brown bark
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: faintly fragrant showy creamy-white flowers shaped like inverted urns, brown five-valved capsules persist throughout the year
Name: Pieris is derived from Pierides, an alternative name of the mythological Muses, the goddesses of the arts.`
ulture: performs well in partial shade in moist, rich, well-drained, acidic soils, but is intolerant of full sun, poor soils
Cultivars/Varieties: A number of cultivars, Dirr (1998) lists over 50
