Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Mountain Laurel, 1 by grampapa

grampapa wrote:
It's so pretty, Andy. Do you know which cultivar? I've never actually seen one. Just in catalogs. And I had to have one. I put in a heather garden in the spring of '05 with some dwarf conifers for structure and winter interest and....one kalmia latifolia. I've been dying to see it in bloom. I asked the landscaper for 'Elf'. I wanted a dwarf and was looking for pink blooms. But I never saw the tag, and they don't seem to take me seriously when I ask for a specific cultivar. It's been covered in beautiful deep pink buds for a couple of weeks. There are a few open now - white. gram