Mountain laurel is a lovely evergreen shrub or small tree that produces lovely pink and white flowers in June. During a recent canoe trip on Squam Lake in Holderness, I was surprised and delighted … ...

Mountain laurel is a lovely evergreen shrub or small tree that produces lovely pink and white flowers in June. During a recent canoe trip on Squam Lake in Holderness, I was surprised and delighted to ...

Mountain laurel holds the garden spotlight on this Memorial Day weekend as the Pocono's premier plant. ... to the more robust varieties with a height and width of 15 feet.

Mountain laurel, scientifically called Kalmia latifolia, blooms April through June, producing star-shaped buds in rounded clusters, followed by white to pink flowers.

Speaking of mountain laurel, the name laurel is perhaps used for more different types of plants than any other. In fact, “laurel” can refer to as many as 40 different plants.

Mountain Laurel have been admired and cultivated as an ornamental since 1740, when American naturalist John Bartram sent plants to England. Richard Jayne is also important in the plant's history.

Mountain laurel thrives in this region in large part because of protected areas such as the Mohonk Preserve. New York state considers this flower to be "exploitably vulnerable," which means that ...

Get some tips on how to grow mountain laurel, ... AND AS FAR AS PRUNING, I GUESS YOU SAID YOU DON’T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT WITH THESE PLANTS. THEY’RE TYPICALLY SLOW GROWING.