| Scientific Name: | Pieris japonica |
| Common Name: | lily-of-the-valley shrub, Japanese pieris |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Screening, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Crenate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves leathery, alternate (may appear whorled at end of branches), narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, 4-9cm long x 1.5-3cm wide, margin mostly crenate to serrate, entire at base, new growth foliage red-pink; panicles 7-15cm long, florets commonly white, some cultivars pink to red, urn shaped, many suspended from each peduncle, Feb-May; capsules rounded, 3-5mm wide with 5 sepals remaining. | |