The mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia) are in full bloom here in the Philadelphia area, and they are super gorgeous! I make sure to get out and see them each year when they flower. Growing as a gnarled understory shrub or small tree, the mountain-laurel likes cool, well-drained, acidic soils. It's rather tough to grow these in cultivation, but they do sell various cultivars with all sorts of interesting flower modifications. #nativeplants #nativetrees #tree #plants #shrubs #mountainlaurel #kalmi

Manion's Moments: Mountain Laurel

Mountain-Laurel in North Park

Mt. Cuba's Mountain Laurel in Bloom

Texas mountain laurel makes killer beads! Note: the Indigenous peoples mentioned are still living cultures and when I use past tense it is to describe practices in a historical context. REFERENCES - Berlandier, Jean Louis. 1969. The Indians of Texas in 1830. Ewers, John C. (ed), Leclerq, Patricia Reading (transl.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. - Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones. 1939. Some notes on uses of plants by the Comanche Indians. Papers of the Michigan Academy of

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