Morella cerifera

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Common Name: wax myrtle  

Type: Broadleaf evergreen

Family: Myricaceae

Native Range: North America, Central America, Caribbean

Zone: 7 to 10

Height: 10.00 to 15.00 feet

Spread: 8.00 to 10.00 feet

Bloom Time: February to March

Bloom Description: Drab yellow-green male flowers

Sun: Full sun to part shade

Water: Medium to wet

Maintenance: Low

Suggested Use: Hedge

Flower: Fragrant, Insignificant

Leaf: Fragrant, Evergreen

Attracts: Birds, Butterflies

Fruit: Showy

Other: Winter Interest

Tolerate: Rabbit, Deer, Drought, Erosion, Wet Soil

This species is dioecious (male and female flowers borne in catkins on separate plants). Female plants are preferred in the landscape because they produce the attractive and sometimes useful fruit. At least one male plant is needed to facilitate pollination of the female flowers.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Morella cerifera, commonly known as southern wax myrtle or southern bayberry, is a large, irregularly-shaped, dense-branching, nitrogen-fixing, suckering, fast-growing, evergreen shrub (semi-evergreen in colder northern parts of the growing area) that typically grows to 10-15’ tall and 8-10’ wide, but occasionally reaches a tree-like height of 20’ tall or more. It is native to the southeastern U.S. from New Jersey to Florida through the Gulf States to Oklahoma and Texas and further south into Mexico and Central America. It is typically found in a variety of habitats including wetlands, river margins, sand dunes, pine barrens, hillsides, and upland forests.

The fruits of this species have been used for many years to make bayberry candles, soaps and sealing wax.

Glossy, aromatic, oblanceolate, olive green leaves (to 3-5” long) are dotted with tiny yellow resin glands. Leaves, particularly the new growth, emit the distinctive bayberry candle fragrance when crushed. Flowers are fragrant but non-showy, with only the flowers on male plants (catkins to 1” long) displaying some color (a drab yellowish-green). Flowers bloom in late winter to early spring. Pollinated female flowers are followed by small attractive clusters of tiny, globose, blue-gray fruits which mature in late summer to fall, with persistence through winter. Each fruit is surrounded by an aromatic waxy substance.

Birds eat the fruits in fall and winter, thus helping the plants to naturalize by disbursing the seed.

These shrubs are considered to be potential fire hazards in some areas because the leaves, stems and branches contain flammable aromatic compounds.

Myrica cerifera is a synonym.

Specific epithet means wax-bearing.

Morella cerifera - Plant Finder (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

Southern Wax Myrtle Flower Sexing - Myrica cerifera - Wikipedia

 

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