Mountain Laurel Olympic Fire

A shade loving native shrub mountain laurel offers evergreen foliage and dainty spring flowers. Olympic fire mountain laurel kalmia latifolia olympic fire sku 5407 showy clusters of red buds open to light pink flowers on a dense rounded form.

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Mountain laurel olympic fire

Olympic fire makes an excellent four season backdrop for a flower border. Olympic fire mountain laurel is a dense multi stemmed evergreen shrub with a more or less rounded form. This genus has just 7 species of which only k.

Superb planted along the edge of woods as well. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. In late spring up to 4 clusters of blooms open against a backdrop of glossy dark green leaves.

Mountain laurel is resistant to deer as well as drought tolerant and resistant to certain types of pests. In the garden it will grow to 4 or 5 feet in height and perhaps 4 feet wide in a planter it will be smaller. Latifolia our native mountain laurel is widely grown.

Growing olympic fire mountain laurel shrubs the olympic flame mountain laurel is an evergreen shrub with an upright rounded form. Buy olympic fire mountain laurel kalmia very hardy 2 5 pot. Possibly the most beautiful mountain laurel out there olympic fire will add eye popping color to any space.

It can be planted in just about any area from full sun to full shade and in any type of soil thought is flourishes best in direct sunlight and acidic soil. With its large clusters of pink blooms olympic fire is one of our favorites.

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