Western Oregon University Staff Senate - Campus in Bloom in February

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Pieris japonica

(pi-ER-is ja-PON-i-ca) *

Also commonly called Japanese Andromeda or Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub

Close up of Japanese Pieris flowers

Native to Japan, this broadleaf evergreen shrub will grow 9-12 feet tall with a 6-8 foot spread.

New growth on the stiff, spreading branches is bronze-green to reddish. Spring-blooming flowers are white, urn-shaped, and hang in drooping clusters (panicles).

There are quite a number of cultivars produced by wholesale nurseries in Oregon.

Caution! Leaves and nectar are poisonous!

Many locations on campus, but this particular one is:

At the west entrance into the Barnum Hall community from J Loop parking lot

Return to your walk

* Information from Oregon State University's Landscape Plants web site.

Western Oregon University Staff Senate - Campus in Bloom in February

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