{"id":15335,"date":"2023-08-10T06:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T06:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/kasvit\/kalmia_latifolia_calico_bush_mountain_laurel\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T18:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:02:24","slug":"kalmialatifolia","status":"publish","type":"kasvit","link":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/plants\/kalmialatifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalmia latifolia &#8211; calico bush, mountain laurel"},"content":{"rendered":"<article role=\"article\" class=\"node node-type-plant node-view-mode-full\">The calico bush is native to eastern parts of North America, where it grows in forest and among rocks in semi-shade under the tree canopy, forming widespread dense thickets. It is a large evergreen shrub which at its best can grow into a small tree several metres high. In summer the branches are covered in white to pinkish clusters of flowers, which are a rather unusual shape.<\/p>\n<p>In Finland this beautiful shrub is unfortunately winter tender and very seldom flowers, as the branch tips freeze if exposed above snow cover. Plants seed-grown from the best natural provenances might be hardier than nursery-produced plants. The species thrives best in semi-shade in spots similar to those favoured by rhododendrons.<\/p>\n<p>Carl von Linn\u00e9 named the genus Kalmia after Pehr (or Pietari) Kalm, his Suomi student, who made an expedition to North America from 1747-1751. From this expedition, he brought back to his teacher specimens including the calico bush and sheep laurel (<em>K. angustifolia<\/em>). In 2011, the \u201cPehr Kalm and European Explorers commemorative coin\u201d was minted, showing <em>Kalmia latifolia<\/em> on the obverse side.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"keywords\">\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ryhmittely\">Lehtipuut ja -pensaat<\/li>\n<li class=\"plants\"><a href=\"\" hreflang=\"und\">Kalmia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"plants\"><a href=\"\" hreflang=\"und\">Kalmia latifolia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"location\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/alueet\/alppiruusulaakso\" hreflang=\"fi\">Alppiruusulaakso<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","alueet":[1006],"kasvilajit":[1095,1418],"class_list":["post-15335","kasvit","type-kasvit","status-publish","hentry","alueet-alppiruusulaakso-en","kasvilajit-deciduous_trees_and_shrubs","kasvilajit-kalmia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kasvit\/15335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kasvit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kasvit"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"alueet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alueet?post=15335"},{"taxonomy":"kasvilajit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mustila.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kasvilajit?post=15335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}