Kalmia latifolia 'Olympic Fire'

Synonym: M 14

Parentage
• Female: Ostbo Red

Origin
• seedling

Hybridizer
• John Eichelser

Size
• within 10 years: 4.5 ft x 4.0 ft

Habit
• upright

Flower
• Colour: near white fading to pink

Bud
• red

Foliage
• Shape: wavy, dense
• Colour: glossy

Shoot
• purplish red

Propagation
• cuttings are easy to root, favoured variety of container growers

Year of
• Crossing: 1966
• Introduction: 1978
• Registration: 1982

Awards
• 2002: AGM (Award of Garden Merit) by the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)

Park
• Botanischer Garten und Rhododendronpark Bremen
• Privat Garden Latchmin und Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers
• Highstead Arboretum
• Park der Gärten, Bad Zwischenahn

Producer
• Glendoick Gardens Ltd
• Briggs
• Baumschule Esveld
• Baumschule H. Hachmann
• Baumschule Ernst Stöckmann

Literature
• Jaynes, Richard A., 1997: Kalmia, mountain laurel and related species, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
• Katalog Hachmann
• Westhoff, Julia, 2006: Empfehlenswerte Kalmia Sorten, in: Gartenpraxis 12/2006, S. 34 ff, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart

Comments
• leafspot resistant