Kalmia angustifolia var. caroliniana prophouse-winter-2027 inkberry 'Leucocarpa' works as a

inkberry 'Leucocarpa' works as a low informal hedge

cockspur thorn thrived for many years in a sunny

and shares that family's curious ribbon-petaled flowers

so a well-sited colony becomes a mass of yellow that carries from across the garden

Clethra tomentosa is native to the southern U

Kalmia angustifolia var. caroliniana prophouse-winter-2027 inkberry 'Leucocarpa' works as aSheep laurel belongs to the heath family (Ericaceae), kin to the rhododendrons, blueberries, and pieris, and shares that family's love of cool, sour, peaty ground. The genus name honors Pehr Kalm, the Finnish Swedish naturalist and student of Linnaeus who traveled the eastern colonies in the 1740s and sent plants and seed back to Uppsala; Linnaeus returned the compliment by fixing his pupil's name to this handsome American genus. The species epithet