Plant Database
Purity Japanese Andromeda
Pieris japonica ‘Purity’
Pieris japonica 'Purity' is a refined, shade-loving evergreen shrub prized for its exceptionally long-lasting, showy flower display and elegant, compact habit. This late-blooming selection forms a dense, rounded mound of glossy, dark green, lance-shaped leaves with finely serrated margins. Its most striking feature is the brilliant red flower buds that develop in late summer and persist through winter, opening in spring into abundant, cascading chains of pure white, urn-shaped blooms. New foliage emerges with a coppery-bronze tint before maturing to rich green. The fragrant flowers attract bees and other early-season pollinators. An outstanding choice for woodland gardens, shaded borders, foundation plantings, and containers.