What is this shrub?

[debodun]

Good thing I took the pics yesterday before we got 2 inches of wet snow.

 

[debodun]

I found out - it's Pieris japonica.

 

[hollydolly]

I found out - it's Pieris japonica.

....otherwise known as Lily of the Valley..

 

[debodun]

No, Lily of the Valley is a low growing herbaceous plant.

 

[hollydolly]

No, Lily of the Valley is a low growing herbaceous plant.

https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pieris+japonica

 

[Geezer Garage]

You learn something new every day.

 

[StarSong]

When I see Lilies of the Valley I always think of this song:


White Coral Bells
Upon a slender stalk
Lilies of the valley deck my garden walk
Oh, don't you wish that you might hear them ring?
That will happen only when the fairies sing.

 

[debodun]

Perhaps that is the term used in Europe. In America, Convallaria majalis is what we call Lily of the Valley:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_of_the_valley

 

[StarSong]

Then it looks like you've got English Lily of the Valley. How exotic!

 

[debodun]

Probably originally from the Far East as indicated in the scientific name.

 

[Pepper]

I searched by photo and got 2 possibilities: Jasmine & Parry Manzanita. The flowers are pretty, that's all I know.

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