Because it is beautiful in bloom, and attractive even when simply leaves, it can be planted in high-profile beds, such as around your home, or along pathways. The Minuet Mountain Laurel is a wonderful plant for almost any garden situation. The effect of all the blooms is wonderful, and it really is like they are dancing a stately minuet in full skirts, across the plant. They are white, with a prominent red band around the rim, edged in white, and delicate red marking at the base of the cup. The individual flowers are one inch across, shaped like a cup with 5 sides. Blooms last a long time, and this shrub is effective for several weeks. The large clusters contain many individual flowers, and they are 6 inches across, at the ends of every stem, making a spectacular blooming effect. Blooms usually open in late May and early June, depending on your climate zone, after the earliest shrubs and flowers have faded. As spring comes, they grow and develop, turning into light pink clusters and looking showy and attractive long before they open. They form on the ends of the shoots of the previous year. The flower buds of the Minuet Mountain Laurel develop early, showing as small, scaly red clusters on short stems among the leaves all winter. The evergreen foliage is effective all year round, so even when not in flower this plant is a valuable garden asset, contributing substance and form to your landscaping. They are rich dark green on the top, and a paler, more yellow green on the underside. The leaves are 2 to 3 inches long, oval and tapering, with a leathery texture and glossy surface. The Minuet Mountain Laurel is a dwarf shrub with attractive evergreen foliage and a rounded form, growing just 3 feet tall and wide. Shrubs that flower in that gap are especially valuable, and blooming at that time is just one of the many garden assets of the Minuet Mountain Laurel, a gorgeous shrub for shady parts of the garden, that is as beautiful in woodlands as it is in more formal garden spaces. There is a big rush of flowers at the beginning, and then a lull, before the summer blooms arrive. Spring and early summer are prime times in the garden, when everything is fresh and new. Pests or diseases are normally not a problem. It needs no pruning, just the removal of spent flower clusters, and it always remains compact and attractive. If you don’t have suitable soil, grow it in a container with soil blended for acid-loving plants, and it will thrive for years. It grows best in acidic soils, which should be well-drained, rich and moist. The Minuet Mountain Laurel will grow in a wide range of light conditions, from full sun to partial shade and in light full shade too.
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