finely toothed leaves about three inches long
The flowers feed pollinators and the foliage hosts the eastern tiger swallowtail
The plant spreads by shallow runners into a generous patch
a real advantage over the early-blooming tulip magnolias
Lyonia lucida SEO finely toothed leaves about threeLyonia lucida, the fetterbush, is one of the quiet evergreen pleasures of the Southeastern wetlands, a shrub of upright, arching stems clothed in glossy, leathery leaves. Look closely and each smooth leaf shows a fine vein running just inside the margin, a neat identifying mark, and the species name lucida, Latin for shining, salutes that polished surface. The common name comes from the dense, tangling thickets the shrub forms in the wild, said to