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Common Waxmyrtle

Morella cerifera

Yellow flowers in April. It grows wild in 16 of Georgia’s 159 counties.

Light
Full shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
22.5 ft to 25 ft tall, 9 ft wide
Flowers
Yellow, April
Leaves
Semi-evergreen
Roots
Woody roots; wants 20 in of soil
Kind
Tree, Shrub

Planted young

Common Waxmyrtle, drawn in a bed

in flowerfruit or seed

What it feeds

Caterpillars
61 kinds of caterpillars
Birds
18 kinds of birds

Grows well with

Facts from the Quercus record for Morella cerifera.