Rusty Lyonia

New leaves are rusty-orange. Easy to care for.

Can grow as a small tree or a shrub.



Use where this small tree's interesting shape will be an asset. Does well as a small specimen tree near walkways. Also useful as a screen in dry settings.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, overgrown sandhill.

• Interesting bark, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Attracts bees. The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lyonia ferruginea at Archbold Biological Station as reported by Coastal Plant Plants Wiki.
• Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens
• Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, C. productus
• Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa
• Megachilidae: Megachile xylocopoides
• Sphecidae: Oxybelus laetus fulvipes, Stictiella serrata, Tachysphex apicalis
• Vespidae: Stenodynerus lineatifrons