Wax Myrtle
Wax Myrtle, aka Southern Bayberry, is a dense native small tree or large evergreen shrub that gives you endless possibilities in the landscape. This fast-growing shrub has shiny evergreen foliage that ranges from deep to light green and produces a pleasant Bayberry fragrance. It can reach up to 20 feet or more in height can also be pruned into a hedge or screen for privacy. Give plenty of room for it to grow.
Wax Myrtle is a common native plant that is popular in the landscape because of its density and hardiness as a screening plant and is a host for butterflies and provides food and shelter for birds.
Be sure to have female and male plants so they will produce berries! These shrubs are most often dioecious and require both male and female-flowering for good berry production.
This native shrub thrives in full sun to part shade, well-drained soil.
USDA Zones 7-10 where it is easily grown on average.
