Loblolly-bay

Makes a good specimen tree or a cluster of in wet areas along margins of lakes and ponds.

This tree is columnar in form and can make a formal-looking plant near an entryway.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Sensitive to drying. Difficult to grow unless its moisture requirements are met.

Attracts hummingbirds.

Moist-wet sites. Seepage swamps, bay swamps, edges of cypress domes, low flatwoods. This species is likely restricted to wetland edges both by its need for high soil moisture and due to lack of tolerance of fire.

• Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
• Flowers attract a variety of insects including bees and flies.