Kalmia latifolia 'Pristine' 25/1 Restock though even the best beebalm

though even the best beebalm appreciates room and moving air

the parent plant having survived a North Carolina winter that bottomed out at minus nine

Uncommon in cultivation outside the native south Texas

Few garden plants carry so much ceremony

and return to red and purple tints in fall

Kalmia latifolia 'Pristine' 25/1 Restock though even the best beebalm'Pristine' is a pure white flowered mountain laurel, a luminous departure from the pink and rose flushed forms of the wild species. The selection was discovered in Aiken County, South Carolina by the late Mrs. Ernestine Law and introduced to cultivation by Woodlanders, a distinctive regional expression of one of the most iconic broadleaf evergreens of the eastern United States. Where typical Kalmia latifolia opens blush toned, 'Pristine' unfurls in