Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera
Fast, adaptable evergreen with aromatic leaves and waxy blue-gray berries, the original source of bayberry candle wax. Fixes nitrogen and makes an easy, salt-tolerant hedge.
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–15 ft
- Spacing
- 8–10 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~108 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA