• Basket

You currently have no items in your basket




Quote

"I was thrilled with your website. I needed to know what unusual flowering plants for July and your website immediately came up with four pages of suitable plants. Many, many thanks."
Burncoose Customer


Quote

"Plant quality is excellent"
Burncoose Customer


Quote

"Wonderful choice of plants, including lots of New Zealand plants"
Burncoose Customer


Photos

KALMIA polifolia

Additional Plant Details

  • icon
    Pests & Diseases - none

  • icon
    Place of Origin - Canada, northeastern USA.

  • icon
    Toxicity: Harmful if eaten - These will give you an upset tummy, so please don't eat any of these.

Delivery Information

Now is our busy spring period - orders are being packed 6 days a week, however please remember it may be 10 days before you RECEIVE your plants.

Orders can also be collected in person from our Nurseries, or some of our shows - just tell us during the checkout process.

Other Suggested Plants

Customers who bought KALMIA polifolia also bought these...

CHAMAEDAPHNE calyculata

Leatherleaf
Available from £15.50

CORNUS canadensis

Creeping dogwood, Bunchberry
Available from £12.00

EUCRYPHIA moorei

Pinkwood, Eastern leatherwood, Plumwood
Available from £15.00

TETRACENTRON sinense

Spur leaf
Available from £45.00

boom

KALMIA polifolia

Calico bush, Eastern bog laurel

Bright rose-purple flowers in terminal clusters

Burncoose Catalogue Code

Dwarf Shrub - Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions. - small, sparsely-branched shrub. Produces racemes, 2.5-4cm (1-1½in) across of up to 12 flowers, 1-2cm (½-¾in) across.
Evergreen - linear to oblong, glossy, dark-green leaves to 4cm (1½in) long in opposite pairs or whorls of 3.

Hardiness Rating

Fully hardy - Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)

Mature Dimensions
overall height and width of plant once mature

Height - in metres - 60cm (24in)
Spread - in metres - 90cm (36in)

Preferred Location

icon
Full Sun - where soil remains reliably moist.

Soil Conditions

Acid Loving
Fertile moist well-drained soil - humus rich. Requires constant moist soil. Mulch annually with leaf mould in spring.

Flowers In

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Buy KALMIA polifolia

Pot size: 2.5 or 3 Litre

£17.50 each

Share this page

Twitter Facebook Digg

Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Valid CSS
Burncoose Nurseries: Gwennap, Redruth, Cornwall TR16 6BJ
Telephone: +44 (0) 1209 860316 Fax: +44 (0) 1209 860011 Email: info@burncoose.co.uk
© Burncoose Nurseries 1997 - 2013      Website by Forgecom