Texas Wax Myrtles

The wax myrtle is disease resistant and hardy.

Texas wax myrtles. While wax myrtle does grow natively in texas and we often recommend it for hedges here is our database description of its preferred habitat. Always wear gardening gloves when pruning or. Known for its adaptable nature the wax myrtle will put up with moist or dry soil and even grows well in infertile soils. Myricaceae southern wax myrtle inhabits sandy swamps and moist woodlands in east and east central texas.

For starters the easy to grow wax myrtle is deer resistant heat and drought tolerant. Wax myrtle care involves fertilization and pruning for shape or pruning when limbs are damaged or split off by heavy ice and snow. The sturdy nature of the wax myrtle makes it a good choice for tough spots. It s tolerant of a wide variety of soils including sandy soil.

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. This is a us native plant so you know it will thrive in your yard. Historically leaves of the wax myrtle tree were used for fragrance and flammability when making candles. This fragrance still used today has earned the shrub a common name of southern bayberry.

But the best part is its strong history. Disease resistant it ll grow almost anywhere. Native from new jersey west to eastern oklahoma and. Durable and easy to grow evergreen hedge.

Wax myrtle makes an effective and attractive tall screen or specimen tree.