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Learn about the plant profile of kalmia latifolia, a native shrub with showy flowers, from the USDA Plants Database. Find images, maps, and other data.
Perhaps the best red-budded strain of Mountain Laurel, with red buds that open to pinkish-red blooms that do not fade. Dense rounded habit with dark green foliage provides year round protection for wildlife. Tolerates more sun than other cultivars. Evergreen. Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry. Upright habit to 6 ft. tall and wide.
Species: Kalmia latifolia L. Common Name: mountain laurel. Habitat: Oak dominated mesic to dry forests, woodlands, rocky summits, utility rights-of-way, and occasionally acidic swamps. Primarily a species of dry Quercus montana dominated forests often in association with other ericaceous shrubs. It sometimes forms dense thickets.
Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, is a gnarled, multi-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree that is native to Eastern North America (New England south to the southern Indiana, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle) where it is found in a variety of habitats including open rocky or sandy woods, cool meadows, balds ...
Showy clusters of white flowers add glory to these handsome dwarf shrubs. Useful as a landscape accent, informal hedge or border where its flowers can be enjoyed. Good in containers. Evergreen. Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry. Slow-growing dwarf to 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
Noteworthy Characteristics. Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, is a gnarled, multi-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree that is native to Eastern North America (New England south to the southern Indiana, Louisiana and the Florida panhandle) where it is found in a variety of habitats including open rocky or sandy woods, cool meadows, balds, mountain slopes and ...
All parts of Kalmia latifolia are poisonous if ingested and can cause severe digestive upset and other alarming, though usually nonfatal, symptoms such as weakness and paralysis. Not all animals are affected—deer, unfortunately, are apparently immune to any ill effects and can be vigorous consumers of mountain laurel foliage.
