Mountain laurel holds the garden spotlight on this Memorial Day weekend as the Pocono's premier plant. As the Pennsylvania state flower, mountain laurel is readily recognized by its beauty along the ...

Although mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, I rarely see it growing in our area. In fact, locally I know of just one small shrub growing out of a rock formation above French Creek near ...

Pennsylvania’s official flower is in bloom across the commonwealth, displaying its whites, pinks and reds against its evergreen leaves. While different regions are holding events to celebrate the ...

If you are looking for a spring-flowering shrub beyond the typical azaleas, consider native mountain laurel. Small and multi-stemmed, mountain laurel grows six to eight feet tall and wide, with ...

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's annual Flower Show will bloom inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on March 11, bringing with it hordes of horticultural geeks -- and the many more of us ...

If you are looking for a spring-flowering shrub beyond the typical azaleas, consider native mountain laurel. “Mountain laurel is a beautiful native flowering shrub well used as an ornamental or shrub ...

CORNISH FLAT, N.H. 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 ...

All too often, we are inclined to think of flowering plants as something put on this earth to stimulate human sensibilities. Nothing, of course, could be less true. Plants produce flowers to attract ...

The bloom season for Pennsylvania’s official state flower has arrived, ushering in the calendar change from spring to summer. Roads through forested areas statewide are arriving in their annual burst ...

Only the obsessive would be interested in 360 pages about mountain laurel, except perhaps for certain fervent gardeners in Connecticut. After all, mountain laurel, or Kalmia latifolia, is a native of ...