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Lancaster Farms Plant Details
Common Name
Gordonia Loblolly Bay
Botanical Name
Gordonia lasianthus
Size
To 70'
Exposure
Full sun to filtered shade
Growth
Medium
Hardiness
Zones 6-9
Water Use
Moist,can tolerate swampy conditions,so water duringdrought
Flower
Fragrant white camellia-like with numerous yellow stamens
Form
Distinct, narrowly conical crown
Seasonal
Evergreen,though will have some red leaves that will drop
Usage
Specimen or grove,containers when young,pond or lake margins
Fruit Info
Loculicidal dry capsules dispense winged seeds in December
Tree Bark
Tight, blocky and deeply furrowed
Leaf Descr
Oblong,finely toothed 4-6" dark green above,paler below
Attraction
Medium sized,evergreen native,tolerates damp soils
Blooms In
Late spring and sporatically throughout the summer
Plant In
Moist soils
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