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The evergreen leaves of laurel, three to four inches long and one to one and a half inches wide, are shining green on the upper surface and paler beneath. New-growth leaves in the spring are a pale yellowgreen that quickly turn deep emerald with age. Rhododendron, with which laurel is sometimes confused, has much larger leaves that are rusty on the undersides.
It’s the individual flower, three to four inches across, that intrigues me. Each unopened bloom resembles nothing so much as a drop of peppermint candy. The open flower rewards a close look with a marvel of adaption for cross-pollination. Each threequarter inch flower is shaped like a shallow bowl with five lobes, or scallops, around the rim. From the red, starshaped center of a bloom, 10 stamens spring upward and then back. Each is tensely caught in a deep notch in the bowl of the corolla.
When a nectar-seeking bee wades in among these stamens, releasing the tension, they fly forward and shower the insect with yellow pollen. The bee may leave the bloom with nectar; at the same time he takes a full supply of magic yellow dust to the ripe pistil of
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