![]() Photo Credit: John Flannery from Richmond County, North Carolina, USA, CC BY-SA 2. Photo Credit: Megan McCarty, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Layering in the spring is the quickest method. Heel cuttings of half-ripe wood in July or August reportedly have fair to good success. Propagation: Seeds collected in fall should be abraded or soaked in warm water to remove the waxy coating they then require 3 months stratification at 40✯ (4✬). Although the wood is reported to be heavy, very hard, strong, brittle and close-grained, this species is different than the Oregon Myrtlewood, Umbellularia californica, (AKA California Bay Laurel) used for artistic endeavors found in gift shops all along the Oregon coast. ![]() A gray-brown or maroon-purple dye may be obtained from the berries. From 3 to 5 feet of growth per year, the Wax Myrtle is one of the fastest-growing privacy hedges. Use by People: Although Pacific Wax Myrtle is related to the Northern Bayberry, attempts at boiling the fruit to extract wax produces so little, to make it hardly worthwhile. Used by Wildlife:The fruit is eaten by many kinds of birds, most notably the “Myrtle” (Yellow-rumped) Warbler, but only in small quantities. Wax Myrtle also is able to fix-nitrogen in association with the bacteria, making this shrub especially useful for habitat restoration in soils with low fertilityįruit ripens November. Several can be trimmed into a hedge or it can be mixed with other evergreens to create an informal screen. Uses In the Landscape: The Pacific Wax Myrtle is our best native shrub for screening. The flowers are tiny, but the fruit is attractive in clusters of dark purple, bumpy berries.Īttributes: The leaves of Myrica californica have a spicy aroma that can be used like bay leaves to season food, hence the plant is often referred to as California Bayberry. Hardy to USDA Zone 7 Native to the Pacific Coast and coastal valleys from Washington to. Habitat:Usually occurs in wetlands but occasionally occurs in non-wetlands.Ĭharacters: The leaves of Pacific Wax Myrtle are a bright, glossy green with black dots, pleasantly aromatic, pointed at the tip, with occasional teeth along the margins. Considered one of the best looking native western shrubs for the garden. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.Growth: moderate rate to 10-30 feet (3-10m) tall and wide Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Morella californica (California Wax Myrtle) is an easy-to-grow. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Plants will grow well in a variety of part shade situations. ![]() Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. ![]()
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