Fresca has white flowers with a burgundy band around the inside of each flower; it can reach about 2m (6ft approx) in height and 120cm (4ft) in width, kalmias are natives of the Appalachian Mountains.
Nursery Notes
All parts poisonous so don't eat the f***ers.
Opinion
Providing you have an acid soil, partial shade (sun is ok if reliably moist), patience, and can mulch with leaf mould or pine needles on occasions, you will be richly rewarded by the beautiful evergreen kalmia. Commonly referred to as Calico bush or Mountain Laurel they are ideally suited to peat or heath beds, woodland gardens, and shrubby borders. All their parts are poisonous if ingested so don’t eat them or snort the pollen up your nose as that might irritate also.
This plant was added to the database on 28th December, 2009.
