Pacific Wax Myrtle
Morella californica
A glossy, aromatic evergreen of the coast with purple waxy berries for birds. Fast, salt-tolerant, and a nitrogen-fixer, making an excellent screen or hedge in mild Northwest gardens.
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 33–33 ft
- Spacing
- 10–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~108 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, hedge or screen
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA