Mountain laurels (
Kalmia latifolia) have wonderfully sculpted branches. They make wonderful fences, gates, hand-railings, and decorative additions to water features. My colleague Ginny is an expert at creating delightfully-crafted garden elements out of mountain laurel's gnarled branches.
This porch railing, at Elk Knob Farm (on last weekend's Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project's Family Farm Tour), was a wonderful example of how lovely branches are, and how artfully they can be incorporated.
This porch railing, at Elk Knob Farm (on last weekend's Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project's Family Farm Tour), was a wonderful example of how lovely branches are, and how artfully they can be incorporated.
