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 ...

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 ...

Mountain Laurel is one of the loveliest evergreen shrubs to grow in our area. They are native to the Eastern U.S. and are particularly prolific in the mountains, foothills and Eastern Seaboard. Its ...

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 surprised and delighted to ...

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 ...

In a normal year, more blooming and other plants would be providing color than what we are seeing so far this year. The plants that are doing their part contributing to the 12 months of color that ...

No matter what your politics, you can’t fault the legislature’s choice of mountain laurel as the state flower back in 1907. It is native to Connecticut – abundant, beautiful, with large, long-lasting ...

As I was doing research on the history of Pennsylvania's state flower, I discovered that Gov. Gifford Pinchot signed a bill into law in 1933, making the mountain laurel the official flower. Is there a ...