mountain fetterbush

plant

Also known as: Pieris floribunda, mountain andromeda

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Mountain fetterbush, also known as mountain andromeda, is an ornamental evergreen shrub native to the southeastern United States. It is characterized by small, white, bell-shaped flowers. The term "fetterbush" can also refer to a showy shrub (Lyonia lucida) with persistent leaves and angled branchlets, or more generally to plants in the genus Leucothoe. Another related plant is Fothergilla, a deciduous shrub known for its spring flowers that appear as white or yellow puffs of stamens and its vibrant autumn foliage.1234

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Several species, including mountain fetterbush, or mountain andromeda (Pieris floribunda), and Japanese pieris, or Japanese andromeda (P. japonica), are cultivated as ornamentals and have several horticultural varieties.
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Several species, including mountain fetterbush, or mountain andromeda (Pieris floribunda), and Japanese pieris, or Japanese andromeda (P. japonica), are cultivated as ornamentals and have several horticultural varieties.
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