Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) Gift Many styles to choose from

Many styles to choose from

and it adapts well to a wide range of soil types

Although it is not drought-tolerant

plant it with at least 3–4 feet of spacing

Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) Gift Many styles to choose fromWax Myrtle (Morella cerifera) is an erect, multi trunked evergreen understory shrub. Found along the Coastal Plain from southern New Jersey to Florida and west along the Gulf Coastal Plain to eastern Texas and southeast Oklahoma, Wax Myrtle is an early successional species that is highly adaptable to a range of conditions: it can be found growing in fresh to slightly brackish banks and shores; pine flatwoods; marshes; wet prairies; hammocks; swamps;