Are you sure that is a Kalmia? The flowers do not look like any I have seen. Typically, the petals are not divided at all but fused into a very geometric 5-sided shape. And the stamens seldom protrude beyond the end of the petals. The buds are also much more distinctly shaped than those showing.

It does look somewhat like a cultivar called 'Comet' (also one called 'Shooting Star') but the plant looks much more rhododendron-like to me.

I agree that it is a Rhododendron rather than a mountain laurel/Kalmia based on both the flowers and the leaves.

Thanks for the information. The reason I thought it was a mountain laurel was because it blooms in late June. I took that picture last evening. I did not know that Rhodos bloomed that late.

Yes, there are some that do. Rhododendron maximum is a native that blooms in July here, so you may have one of the forms of that. Or it may be a different later blooming rhodie.

All these years I thought it was a mountain laurel, now I know. Thanks!