Kalmia hirsuta Burkwood & Skipwith The plants grow on bars

The plants grow on bars scoured by spring floods and baked dry by August

the clone is becoming more widely available

at the first cold night of autumn

Native to the shaded

Pair the shrub with inkberry

Kalmia hirsuta Burkwood & Skipwith The plants grow on barsThis low shrub with tiny evergreen leaves grows in moist peaty sand in the southern pine flatwoods from South Carolina to Florida and Alabama. The pink summer flowers may be needed to convince some people that this is indeed a Kalmia. It is a charming little shrub for a moist but well drained sandy acid soil in the sun or semi shade. Care must be taken to insure it is not overtopped or overwhelmed by competing vegetation.