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Myrtle, Southern Wax
Myrica cerifera
Native to the east Texas wetlands, Southern Wax Myrtle easily adapts to poorer soils, hot and dry conditions, and salty areas. It is a multi-trunked large shrub or small tree, spreading easily with an extensive underground root system. Naturally forms an open, irregular form, but responds well to pruning into a formed hedge or bonsai habit.
Wax Myrtle is dioecious; males display small yellow-green catkins up to an inch long in the early spring, while in the late summer females have small inconspicuous flowers followed by small blue berries. The lime green leaves can be up to four inches long but only half an inch wide and are slightly aromatic when bruised. Small yellow glands are on the leaves, sometimes mistakened for a pest or disease.
A dwarf cultivar, ‘Nana’, reaches only five feet high and wide.
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Large Screen |
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Xeriscape Tree |
Flower Color:yellow-green
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Height20 Feet
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Spread15-20 Feet
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USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
Available Sizes:
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| MYR-SWX-05 |
#005 MYRTLE, SOUTHERN WAX |
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| MYR-SWX-30 |
#030 MYRTLE, SOUTHERN WAX |
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| MYR-SWX-15 |
#015 MYRTLE, SOUTHERN WAX |
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Texas Native
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