Mountain Andromeda

Pieris floribunda

(Pursh) Benth. & Hook.f. Species

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Botanical name
Pieris floribunda
Also known as
Flutterbush, Mountain Andromeda, Mountain Fetter-Bush, Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Pieris, Mountain-Andromeda
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Pieris
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Mountain Andromeda

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Pieris floribunda but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Andromeda floribunda Andromeda montana Andromeda vaccinifolia Portuna floribunda Zenobia floribunda

Others in Pieris

Pieris japonica
Japanese Pieris
Pieris coreana
Pieris cubensis
Pieris fauriei
Pieris formosa
Pieris formosana
Pieris griffithiana
Pieris amamioshimensis

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