Pieris floribunda
Mountain Pieris
Ericaceae

Located on side of graduate residence near graduate school parking lot.

  • leaves evergreen, alternate, elliptic or lanceolate
  • leaves thin, droop down from stem
  • leaves have smoother margins than P. japonica, very slightly crenate
  • flower inflorescence held upright, not drooping as is P. japonica
  • flower buds present all winter
  • flowers white, bell-shaped, early spring
  • fruit are brown capsules, held upright
  • habit low, mounded multi-stemmed shrub
  • habit lower than P. japonica, 2'-6'
  • plant does not have problems with lacebugs


View Pieris floribunda page in the UConn Plant Database

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