Common Waxmyrtle
Morella cerifera
Yellow flowers in April. It grows wild in 46 of Virginia’s 133 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
in flowerfruit or seed
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 77 kinds of caterpillars
- Birds
- 18 kinds of birds
Grows well with
Allegheny Serviceberry
Sweetbay Magnolia
American Witch-hazel
Common Pawpaw
Sourwood
Yaupon Holly
Fringetree
Coral HoneysuckleFacts from the Quercus record for Morella cerifera.