Pieris ryukyuensis 'Temple Bells' Sinclair Adam choose a spot that escapes

choose a spot that escapes the worst of the late frosts

for the fragrant white flowers

treasured mostly by naturalists and those who paid attention to the subtler threads of the region's flora

trifoliate leaves

is a native shrub of the wetlands

Pieris ryukyuensis 'Temple Bells' Sinclair Adam choose a spot that escapesPieris ryukyuensis is the lily of the valley shrub of the Ryukyu Islands, the warm archipelago that trails south from Japan toward Taiwan, and 'Temple Bells' is a choice selection of this heat tolerant species. The glossy, slightly toothed evergreen leaves emerge a warm bronze and mature to deep green, giving a polished, year round presence on a dense, rounded frame of three to six feet. In spring the shrub hangs dense clusters of small white, bell