Wax Myrtle Tree

It grows naturally in wetlands near.

Wax myrtle tree. The plant is dioecious flowers contain male and female reproductive parts and its flowers lack petals and sepals and are arranged in a catkin a cluster of flowers on a slender often droopy spike. An added bonus is this tree only reaches 15 to 20 feet at maturity. The foliage emits a bayberry candle fragrance when crushed.

Growing wax myrtle Myrica cerifera as an evergreen shrub or small tree is an excellent addition to the landscape. The cultivar Pumila is a dwarf form less than three feet high. It can also be pruned into an attractive small tree.

Myrica pensylvanica northern bayberry is a more cold-hardy species and the source of wax for bayberry candles. Wax myrtle is an evergreen shrub to small tree with several trunks that can reach heights of 40 ft. Southern wax myrtle inhabits sandy swamps and moist woodlands in east and east-central Texas.

Training a naturally shrubby wax myrtle Myrica cerifera into a tree isnt difficult but it will require diligent pruning throughout the season to keep it. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective compositionThis tree will require occasional maintenance and upkeep and may require the occasional pruning to look its best. Inconspicuous fragrant flowers borne in catkins appear in spring.

It is a large shrub or small tree often multi-trunked with gray-green aromatic foliage and clusters of blue-gray fruits on female plants. Handsome broadly rounded evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy olive-green aromatic foliage reminiscent of bayberry candles. Versatile Wax Myrtle can be kept in its tree form as well.

Myrica cerifera is a small tree or large shrub native to North America. We recently moved into our house we are in Houston Tx and we have overgrown and numerous dead spots in our Wax Myrtle bushes in our front yard. Images shown are of mature plants.