Raspberry Glow Mountain Laurel

The Raspberry Glow Mountain Laurel has proven to be the easiest-to-grow variety of this beautiful native plant. It forms a broad, upright bush 4 feet tall, and 3½ feet wide, with long evergreen leaves that are glossy, deep green, and attractively wavy and twisted. The big domes of flower buds are vibrant raspberry red, and they open to a bright pink cup-shaped bloom. Flower color is bright pink. This is our top recommendation if you haven’t grown mountain laurels before.

• Beautiful raspberry red buds in large clusters
• Flowers open bright pink
• Flower color is bright even in full shade
• Excellent evergreen foliage with wavy edges and twists
• #1 recommended variety for your first mountain laurel

The Raspberry Glow Mountain Laurel will grow in full sun in damp soil, or in partial shade and even in full shade. Morning sun and afternoon shade are ideal, or the filtered light through deciduous trees. The soil should be moist, rich, well-drained and acidic, and sandy soils are ideal. Mulch with lime-free materials like peat moss to keep the roots cool and moist. If you don’t have the right soil in your garden, then grow it in a pot, in soil recommended for acid-loving plants.