Morella cerifera (Southern Wax Myrtle)

A Fast-Growing Native Evergreen for Privacy and Wildlife

Add year-round beauty, fragrance, and versatility to your landscape with Morella cerifera. This adaptable native evergreen is prized for its dense foliage, rapid growth, and exceptional wildlife value.

• Evergreen Foliage: Glossy olive-green leaves provide year-round screening and release a pleasant, spicy fragrance when crushed.
• Excellent Privacy Plant: Fast-growing and naturally dense, making it ideal for hedges, screens, and property borders.
• Wildlife-Friendly: Female plants produce attractive blue-gray berries that provide an important winter food source for birds.
• Adaptable & Tough: Thrives in a wide range of soils, including sandy, clay, dry, and occasionally wet conditions.
• Sun to Part Shade: Performs best in full sun to partial shade and is hardy in USDA Zones 7–10.
• Low-Maintenance Native: Drought-tolerant once established, salt-tolerant, and resistant to many pests and diseases.

Growing 10–20 feet tall and wide, Morella cerifera is perfect for privacy screens, wildlife gardens, coastal landscapes, and naturalized plantings. Its beauty, resilience, and ecological benefits make it one of the Southeast’s most valuable native shrubs.