Maudslay Sate Park, Massachusetts
Blooming with grace among high pines who do not seem to mind...
Mountain Laurels are here at home, native to eastern United States,
seem to adore rocky ridges, much like skilled mountain ramblers...
They are toxic, so do not even think to try me for food...
Bob Frye writes:
Maybe you've had one of those relationships...
You know, toxic... pretty... alluring, inviting... But beneath it all, they're pure poison.
So it is with Mountain Laurel.
It's one of the most glorious wildflowers... But it's best to look rather than touch...
I smile... Why would you want to touch this plant? She knows... and this is why she is poisonous...
