Taxon

Pieris japonica

 
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Pieris japonica - lily-of-the-valley bush
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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Common name: lily-of-the-valley bush
Family: Ericaceae (Heath)
Synonym: Pieris taiwanensis
Distribution: China, Japan, Taiwan
Habitat: Forest
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: (H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form: Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn bytholwyrdd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Pieris (pee-AIR-iss): Named for Pierides, a muse in Greek mythology.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: japonica (juh-PON-ih-kuh): From Japan, Japanese.
Persawredd / Fragrance: fragrant flower
Description: A slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree up to 4m high, with a bushy habit and narrowly ovate, slightly toothed, glossy green leaves that are sometimes tinted copper when young. Pendent clusters of small, scented, urn-shaped white flowers are borne at the tips of the stems in spring.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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