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 laurel ...

Midland Daily News: They'll break your heart: mountain-laurel hard to grow in Midland landscapes

Q: While driving in the mountains of Pennsylvania, I saw some beautiful pink flowering shrubs that someone told me were mountain-laurels. Will they grow here? Any information or help about them would ...

The Reporter: From the Ground Up: Mountain laurel is a plant for two states

Although mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, I rarely see it growing in our area. In fact, locally I know of just one small shrub growing out of a rock formation above French Creek near ...

From the Ground Up: Mountain laurel is a plant for two states

GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -- It’s almost Catawba rhododendron time in Western North Carolina. I'm sorry to play favorites with flowers, but these have to be the best. Not only are they my favorite ...

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