Wax Myrtle Don's Dwarf - Morella cerifera “don's dwarf" (3 Gal.)

Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera) is an erect, multi-trunked evergreen understory shrub. Found along the Coastal Plain from southern New Jersey to Florida and west along the Gulf Coastal Plain to eastern Texas and southeast Oklahoma, Wax Myrtle is an early successional species that is highly adaptable to a range of conditions: it can be found growing in fresh to slightly brackish banks and shores; pine flatwoods; marshes; wet prairies; hammocks; swamps; and dry xeric uplands. The shrub is clonal and spreads via underground runners; in its native habitats, In landscaped areas, Wax Myrtle can be pruned and maintained as a privacy hedge. The plant is symbiotic with bacteria that fixes nitrogen from air. Wax Myrtle consequently tolerates poor soils extremely well. It can also tolerate some salt-spray, hurricane-strength winds, soil moisture levels that range from very wet to very dry (once established) and shade. (Plants grown in full sun will be denser than those grown in shade.) This plant’s