Rhododendrons, azaleas, and mountain laurels

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Kalmia angustifolia 'RUBRA'
(sheep laurel)

Sheep laurel is a dwarf version of mountain laurel and comes from southeastern parts of the USA. The leaves look like miniature laurel hence its name. Rubra is probably the best-known variety. It produces masses of deep pin ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'BAY STATE'
(mountain laurel)

Bay State is a soft pink flowering variety of mountain laurel, bred and introduced by an American breeder of ericaceous plants Elinor Clarke in 1989. She named it after the nickname of her home state Massachusetts. Its flow ...


	1 - 1.5m	1 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'BIG BOY'
(mountain laurel)

Big Boy is a unique variety of mountain laurel bred by Arthur A.Wright and introduced in 1991. Its predominant feature are its large, evergreen leaves – they are 10-12 cm long and up to 4 cm wide. This makes the plant ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'BULL'S EYE'
(mountain laurel)

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 man ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'CAROUSEL'
(mountain laurel)

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 ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'ELF'
(mountain laurel)

/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 man ...


	0.5 - 1m		full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'GINKONA'
(mountain laurel)

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 a ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'LITTLE LINDA'
(mountain laurel)

Little Linda is a bit older variety of mountain laurel bred by Richard Jaynes in 1982. It was awarded AGM (Award of Garden Merit) by the Royal Horticultural Society in England in 2002. Its female parent is Star Cluster whic ...


	0.5 - 1m	0.5 - 1m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'MINUET'
(mountain laurel)

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 wi ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'MOYLAND'
(mountain laurel)

Moyland is a new variety of mountain laurel from 2009 named after a castle near the city of Kleve, Germany. Its parents are the same as for another spectacular variety with dark leaves called Mitternacht. Moyland, however, has only light pink leaves with conspicuous blotches aro ...


	0.5 - 1.5m	0.5 - 1.5m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'NANI'
(mountain laurel)

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 str ...


	0.8 - 1.3m	0.8 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'OLYMPIC FIRE'
(mountain laurel)

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 whi ...


	0.5 - 1.5m		full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'OSTBO RED'
(mountain laurel)

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 shade ...


	1 - 1.5m		full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'PEPPERMINT'
(mountain laurel)

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, ...


	1 - 1.5m		full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'PINK FROST'
(mountain laurel)

Pink Frost is true to its name. Unusually profusely flowering variety looks like a frozen cotton candy. It has light pink flowers that open from a little darker pink buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy. There are many cultivars combin ...


	1 - 1.5m		full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia latifolia 'PINWHEEL'
(mountain laurel)

Pinwheel is a unique variety with regular, star-shaped, crimson to burgundy red marbling inside the flower. The margins are almost white same as the buds. Leathery leaves are narrow, laurel-like, pointed, mid green and partly glossy. There are many cultivars combining all sorts of ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'SCHOKRA'
(mountain laurel)

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 ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'STERNTALER'
(mountain laurel)

Sterntaler mountain laurel is a successful result of a controlled breeding programme hybridizing two older varieties: Ginkona and


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Kalmia latifolia 'TIDDLYWINKS'
(dwarf mountain laurel)

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 ...


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Kalmia latifolia 'ZEBULON'
(mountain laurel)

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 indivi ...


	1 - 1.3m	1 - 1.3m	full to partial sun	4 (down to -34°C)	for zone 5+6 for zone 7

Kalmia polifolia
(bog laurel)

Bog laurel is an amazingly modest looking mountain laurel species from boggy heaths of Canada and USA. It has narrow, lance-shaped to almost linear, deep green, glossy leaves that are light grey to grey-white on the undersides. They look like rosemary leaves but la ...