Kalmia latifolia 'Pristine' 25/1 Restock the parent plant having survived

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

though even the best beebalm appreciates room and moving air

and return to red and purple tints in fall

and deer pass them by

Kalmia latifolia 'Pristine' 25/1 Restock the parent plant having survived'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