Southern wax myrtle
Myrica cerífera
Shrub9×7 mzone 7–9light shade
Profile
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Height
- 9 m
- Spread
- 7 m
- Growth
- fast
- Lifespan
- 30 years
- First yield
- after 3 years
- Hardiness
- zone 7–9
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Soil
- Sand, Silt, Loam
- Soil moisture
- moist – very wet
- pH
- 5 – 7
evergreen
Uses
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