Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Pieris japonica






Botanical Name: Pieris japonica
Common Name: Japanese Pieris
Family: Ericaceae
Type: Broad leaved, evergreen shrub
Origin/Habitat: Japan
Leaf Character: Alternate, simple, 3", oblanceolate to elliptic
Flower Type: terminal pendulous panicles 6" urceolate, individual flowers are 1/4" 
Color: white to pink
Period: February to May
Fruit: Capsule 5 valved 1/4" brown
Bark: Peeling, redish and brown
Exposure: patial shade to total shade
Water: ample

Remarks: flowers, foliage, form, used as hedge, specimen, container

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