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Black Label is a German mountain laurel variety bred by a specialist kalmia breeder Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers and introduced in 2011. It is a cross between varieties Mitternacht and Ginkona. Its flowers are 2.5-3,5 cm across and combine a broad, deep maroon to almost black band on almost white backgrou ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,5m
1,5 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bull's Eye is a favourite mountain laurel variety from times when it was difficult to get any other. This one has rich burgundy red colour on white background and white-ish buds. Flowering is abundant and reliable. It grows wider than tall, like a rhododendron.
There are many cultivars combining a ...
VI - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Carousel is an attractive mountain laurel variety bred by Richard Jaynes, and introduced in 1982. It has medium-sized flowers with irregular, deep maroon, dotted corolla on white background. Buds are grayish white and open in late May for blooming period of 4-5 weeks. Evergreen leaves are rich green ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
/b>Elf is a dwarf variety of mountain laurel. It grows slowly but very dense, making almost white flowers with a thin pink circle in the middle. Buds are white or very pale pink. Leathery leaves are small, narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy.
There are many cultivars combinin ...
VI - VI
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
You needn’t be a mountain laurel collector to fall for this new variety from the first sight. Its name is Ginkona and it has the largest flowers ever seen on this plant. They are up to 4 cm across, almost white with deep burgundy brown blotches that may join in a band around the flower. The ev ...
V - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Keepsake is another mountain laurel variety with dark maroon flowers. It was bred by a specialist kalmia breeder Richard Jaynes from Oregon, USA, in 1983 and registered in 1997. It boasts dark burgundy red flowers with thin white margins. The flowers are yet a little darker than those of Kaleidoscop ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,8m
1,3 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Minuet bears large flowers with cinnamon red corolla and almost white centre and margins. Buds are light pink to pale red. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy.
There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and burgundy shades with white, all of ...
VI - VI
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mitternacht means midnight and it is a new, fantastic mountain laurel variety from Germany, bred by one the biggest kalmia enthusiasts Karl-Heinz Hübbers. In 1987 he managed to cross-pollinate 2 well-known varieties Olympic Wedding and Goodrich which resulted in a gorgeous plant with the deepest flo ...
V - VI
1 - 1,8m
1 - 1,8m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Nani is a mountain laurel variety from 1994, named in 2007 after the grandmother of Karl Hübber’s wife, hence Nani has nothing to do with ‘nana’ commonly used for dwarf plants. Nani mountain laurel has striking flowers with rich maroon red blotches arranged in band-like form on alm ...
V - VI
0,8 - 1,3m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Olympic Fire has larger flowers of pink colour opening from deep pink or almost red buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy, with slightly wavy margins.
There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and burgundy shades with white, all of them ...
VI - VI
0,5 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ostbo Red is a very popular variety with the darkest red buds. Flowers are pink and make aperfect contrast with dark red buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy.
There are many cultivars combining all sorts of red, pink and burgundy shades with white, al ...
VI - VI
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Peppermint is one of the most sought after novelties that was hybridized and first introduced in 1991 by Richard Jaynes. The main colour of the flowers is white, with 10-12 deep red stripes along the petals in outward direction. The buds are white. Leathery leaves are elongated, flat, medium green. ...
VI - VI
1 - 1,5m
1 - 1,5m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Schokra is another dark-flowered mountain laurel variety from Germany, bred by Dr.Karl-Heinz Hübbers in 1993 a s across between Shooting Star and Mitternacht. Its flowers are deep burgundy red but not black, decorated with almost white margins. Buds are a combination of off-white and a hint of the i ...
V - VI
1 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tad is a large flowered mountain laurel variety bred by Dr.Karl-Heinz Hübbers in 2002. The flowers are rich burgundy red with silvery white margins, and silvery grey colour of closed buds. There are up to 140 flowers in a truss making a stunning display at peak flowering. Evergreen leaves are dark ...
V - VI
1,3 - 1,8m
1 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Tiddlywinks is one of a few dwarf mountain laurels available so far. It was bred by Richard Jaynes in 1978 and introduced to trade ten years later. It makes a profusion of smaller flowers that are soft pink outside, almost white inside, and open from pink buds. It is very similar to kalmia myrtifoli ...
V - VI
0,6 - 1m
0,6 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Zebulon is a mountain laurel bred by Karl-Heinz Hübbers in 2003, and introduced 6 years later. It is a cross between large-flowered Ginkona, and white-flowered Peppermint. The result bears rich trusses with up to 100 individual flowers. They open from pale pink buds into large, 3-3.5 cm across, whit ...
V - VI
1 - 1,3m
1 - 1,3m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
