Mountain Laurel near Otto, North Carolina. May 29, 2009.
When we visited our friends Judy and Charlie at their cabin in the western North Carolina mountains, we were treated to a magnificent display of mountain laurel in bloom. One afternoon we walked up the road past their cabin and were treated to the view you see in the picture above. The blossoms were mostly white and pink, but there were subtle differences between the different flowers.
Unfortunately no picture can do justice to such a marvelous scene. But in spite of this I still can’t resist the temptation to post a close up of these beautiful blossoms.
Mountain Laurel blossoms. May 29, 2009.
Tags: Flowers, North Carolina, Travels
Senior Moments 
June 11, 2009 at 6:04 am |
I love mountain laurel. When I grew up in TN there were a lot of them around there and I always enjoyed going in the woods to see them.
June 11, 2009 at 6:24 am |
How beautiful! Certain things about living “up north” and the northern spring flowers is one of them.
June 11, 2009 at 9:11 am |
I just love Kalmia and wish it grew better here. Maybe it does and I just haven’t seen any. Mine is ready to bloom. Maybe if I took it out of a container and put it in the ground it’s roots could spread out and it would grow better. Pretty anyway. MB
June 11, 2009 at 9:49 am |
Wow that is a pretty flower. Love the color!!!
June 11, 2009 at 10:44 am |
So very pretty & dainty! I love them scattered throughout the hillside like that!
June 11, 2009 at 11:49 am |
They (each bloom)seem like itty bitty works of art all thrown in together. So pretty.
June 11, 2009 at 12:24 pm |
This has definitely been a banner year for the laurel. It’s still blooming in profusion here.
June 11, 2009 at 5:51 pm |
Oh my! So pretty, we see these up high in the mountains and they are stunning!
June 11, 2009 at 6:46 pm |
Wow, that is amazing. So very pretty. I love all pink.
June 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm |
On our trip we saw mostly white Laurel with the exception of a few pink. It really is a pretty plant.
June 11, 2009 at 7:44 pm |
WOW! Those are so beautiful.
Blessings,Ruth
June 11, 2009 at 8:53 pm |
Beautiful pink blooms!!!!
June 11, 2009 at 10:41 pm |
Those blooms don’t even look real! They are so beautiful.
June 12, 2009 at 10:18 am |
THese are so beautiful. Nature showing off!
June 12, 2009 at 4:36 pm |
Beautiful! I really like those.
June 14, 2009 at 10:18 am |
Beautiful pink blossoms … reminding me I need to think about finding something for Today’s Flowers ;–)
Hugs and blessings,
June 14, 2009 at 11:14 am |
New (to me) flower, and it is lovely!! Does it have a fragrance as well?