Lyonia lucida 'Morris Minor' Edible or a living poem in

or a living poem in the landscape

and a sprig from Queen Victoria's own bouquet founded a myrtle whose descendants still supply royal wedding flowers today

Few ferns light a shady bed like the Japanese painted fern

and collectors have cherished it ever since

while the botanical epithet oblongifolia simply describes the neat

Lyonia lucida 'Morris Minor' Edible or a living poem inLyonia lucida 'Morris Minor' is Woodlanders' own compact selection of the native fetterbush, a tidier, smaller leaved form of one of the Southeast's finest evergreen shrubs. The name is a small joke and a tribute at once: the little, rounded leaves recall the Morris Minor motorcar, and the selection honors the landowner, Mr. Morris, on whose property the original plant was found. Fetterbush is a Southeastern native, growing wild in acidic wetlands and