Dwarf Wax Myrtle (Myrica Pusilla) – 3 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Evergreen Shrub or Small Tree

Flower Color:  Yellow, not very showy

Flower Size:  Small in clusters

Flowering Period:  Late Winter to Early Spring

Flower Type:  Single, in clusters

Fragrant Flowers:  Yes

Foliage Color:  Olive Green

Fragrant Foliage:  Yes

Berries:  Yes

Berry Color:  Blue-Grey on female plants

Attracts:  Birds

Resistances:  Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit, Wet Soils

Valued for its aromatic, soft evergreen foliage, rounded mounding form 3 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide depending on pruning, and its adaptability to sun or shade or wet or dry soil, it’s no wonder the Dwarf Wax Myrtle has become a staple in Texas and other landscapes across the South, and up the east and west coastlines where winter low temperatures don’t drop below 5F. The fine-textured wispy foliage consists of bayberry-scented evergreen leaves that are dark green above and olive green beneath, giving a two-toned or glossy appearance which contrasts nicely with many other types of plants in the landscape. Very similar to Myrica cerifera, southern wax myrtle, it responds well to trimming for a more formal shape or hedge, or lower branches can be removed to form an attractive small tree. You might be happy to know the deer turn their nose up to Dwarf Wax Myrtle and it is highly tolerant to salt spray, heat, and humidity, making it a fine choice for coastal landscapes and gardens.

Growing in a rounded mound 3 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide depending on pruning, the Dwarf Wax Myrtle is an ideal for use as a specimen in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or as a natural or formal clipped hedge where space allows. Also excellent in home foundation plantings or on sunny or shady slopes for erosion control. A fine addition to bird gardens, native gardens, fragrance gardens, formal gardens, bog gardens and the Xeriscape (low water needs).

The Dwarf Wax Myrtle is very adaptive shrub that will grow in most any moist but well-drained to wet or dry soils in full sun or shade, though plants will be fuller with more sun. We suggest 4 or more hours of direct sunlight per day for best fullness.  easy to grow in full sun to part shade. When young it prefers a consistently moist soil, but established plants are exceptionally drought tolerant. Those living and gardening on or near the coast will be happy to know that this attractive evergreen plant is highly tolerant of salt spray. No pruning is required however plants respond well to it for hedges or a more formal shape.