Pieris Brouwers Beauty (Japanese Andromeda)

An excellent choice for the landscape, Pieris ‘Brouwer’s Beauty’ is a dense, compact, evergreen shrub that provides desirable winter interest, abundant spring blooms and a delightful foliage which holds its color across the seasons.

An excellent choice for the landscape, Pieris 'Brouwer's Beauty' is a dense, compact, evergreen shrub that provides desirable winter interest, abundant spring blooms and a delightful foliage which holds its color across the seasons. It features deep purplish red flower buds in winter, which contrast nicely with the shiny, dark green foliage, transitioning to a profusion of urn-shaped, pendulous, creamy white flowers held in horizontal trusses at the tips of the branches. Pieris 'Brouwer's Beauty' is a charming hybrid between Pieris floribunda, from eastern North America, and Pieris japonica, from Japan.

  • Dense and compact, this slow-growing shrub typically grows 5-7 ft tall (150-210 cm) with a spread of 5-8 ft. (150-240 cm).
  • A sun to part shade lover, this plant is best grown in moistacidic, organically enriched, well-drained soils.
  • Winner of the Cary Award which recognizes plants that are particularly adequate for New England, offer superior landscape appeal, are winter hardy in zone 5 or colder and are pest resistant.
  • Deer resistant
  • Mass in mixed shrub borders. Perfect as specimen plantshedges or for foundation plantings. Great with Rhododendrons, ferns, hostas and epidemiums.
  • Toxic by ingestion. Wear gloves and wash hands after handling
  • Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses, toxic to humans.

Requirements

Hardiness 5
– 8

Heat Zones 6
– 8

Climate Zones 1, 2, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17
Plant Type Shrubs
Plant Family Pieris
Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun
Season of Interest Spring (Early,Mid)Winter
Height 5'
– 7'
(150cm
– 210cm)
Spread 5'
– 8'
(150cm
– 240cm)
Spacing 60″
– 96″
(150cm
– 240cm)
Water Needs Average
Maintenance Low
Soil Type Loam, Sand
Soil pH Acid
Soil Drainage Moist but Well-Drained, Well-Drained
Characteristics Plant of Merit, Showy, Evergreen
Tolerance Deer
Garden Uses Banks and Slopes, Beds and Borders
Garden Styles City and Courtyard, Coastal Garden, Informal and Cottage, Prairie and Meadow