Kalmia latifolia x hirsuta Allen Bush each fall marked with a

each fall marked with a paler signal that guides visiting bees to the nectar

'Pale Yellow' carries all the virtues of the Carolina jessamine in a gentler key: the same sweet fragrance

The later bloom is a quiet advantage in the garden: opening after the spring frosts have passed

the plant belongs to a long tradition of shade gardening across East Asia

who noticed the pairing of the deep maroon-purple flowers with the subtle leaf variegation

Kalmia latifolia x hirsuta Allen Bush each fall marked with aThis seemingly unlikely hybrid crosses the familiar mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) with the diminutive, far less known sandhill laurel (Kalmia hirsuta) of the Deep South, two species that could hardly look more different. The cross was probably first made by the late, great Alabama nurseryman Tom Dodd, Jr., and further investigated by the Connecticut Kalmia expert Dr. Richard Jaynes, whose lifetime of work did more than anyone's to bring the genus