FOREST FLAME SHRUB: Amazing color and weeping flowers make this small shrub a real sight to see. Dont eat any of it! PLANTING TIPS: Seeds come ready to plant. Plant after the last frost in the spring, or start indoors and transplant at a later date. Pieris japonica is a shrub with alternate, simple leaves , on brittle stems. The flowers are white, borne in early spring. A poisonous plant if consumed by people or animals. The name "andromeda" originated in the genus where the plant was formerly placed.