Does anyone know what this is? Picture was taken in Italy last week. Red and white flowers. Bell shape. ( photo / image / picture from mjkom's Garden )
I'd love to know what it is so I hope someone will come along and tell us. The buds are very decorative and I'd love to see the clusters fully open.
Those are gorgeous! Reminds me of sea shells... or pasta shells. I'm officially standing by to see what they are.
Are those flowers on a shrub? If so, they sure do look like mountain laurel. (Kalmia latifolia). But, I think mountain laurel is indigenous to the Northeastern US not Italy. ???
Cayuga I think you're right about it being a Kalmia. I guess the plant's in someone's garden, and if I can find one it'll soon be in my garden!
Oh my goodness,I want one too Love the tiny parasols! I wonder if it comes in a compact version for a container garden Another plant to add to an already long list of "would likes"...
The species variety grows wild in the woods of central MA. The wild ones are usually just white, sometimes pale pink.
Oh!! I have one growing in the woods. It has never been the same after a big tree came down and crushed it. One branch came out of the stump after I cut the dead tree up and rolled it off the bush.Over the years it has been getting bigger but it has never flowered. I wonder if I can bury a branch and start a new one? Another experiment. Jerry
Maybe in this family of a pink\red Kalmia latifolia Kalmia - "Minuet" Dwarf Mountain Laurel http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/p ... laurel.php
How embarsking. I should have recognised this. We have it Kalmia latifolia Minuet. Bought it at a Plant Hunters Fair at The Dorothy Clive Garden (for those in Britain). It was very expensive. £3.99.
Do you think that the The Dorothy Clive Garden would send me one of these plants Eric if I contected them? I can't find one that's cheaper than £20 anywhere!!
