Pennsylvania's state flower is the mountain laurel. Gov. Gifford Pinchot chose it more than 90 years ago. The General Assembly passed two bills, each naming a different favorite shrub – mountain ...

I tend to agree. I think it’s a fun coincidence that the two states I’ve spent most of my life in — Connecticut and Pennsylvania — both have mountain laurel as their state flower.

The familiar mountain laurel (Kalmia latiflora) is a case study in this regard. Almost a century ago, Herbert Waldron Faulkner provided an account in his "Mysteries of the Flowers" (Stokes, 1917).

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) has been Pennsylvania’s official state flower since 1933, when Governor Gifford Pinchot signed into law one of two competing bills. The Pennsylvania General ...

As a result of its popularity, Mountain Laurel was named the state flower of Pennsylvania in 1933. While all parts of Mountain laurel are poisonous and can be lethal in large doses to humans and many ...

I’m 60, and I”ve known since I was a kid that the mountain laurel was protected. Supposedly, you weren't allowed to pick it because it’s the state flower, but that makes no sense.

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 ...

The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) is blooming all along the Shawangunk Ridge and is due to be at peak flowering on or near June 15. This large, shade-tolerant shrub, which is native to North ...

Texas mountain laurel is a favorite plant of gardeners and landscapers in the San Antonio area. It only blooms for a few weeks every spring but the purple blooms are showy and the bloom fragrance ...

Gov. Gifford Pinchot chose the mountain laurel over the azalea, possibly because it was located in almost all 67 counties, or because of the public’s concern for its conservation.

WELCOME TO TODAY’S GROWING GREEN. WE’RE AT THE HOME OF HENRY HOMEIER IN CORNISH. I’M JOINED BY STEPH CIESZYNSKI OF UNH COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND STEPH, WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY ...