Morella cerifera (Wax Myrtle) Size:5 gal The Mourning Cloak and Question

The Mourning Cloak and Question Mark butterflies use Cedar Elm for larval food

It also provides an excellent source of seeds and fruit for birds

Texas Kidneywood is an open

low area of the garden

Morella cerifera (Wax Myrtle) Size:5 gal The Mourning Cloak and QuestionAlso known as Southern Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry. Wax Myrtle is a multi trunked, evergreen shrub that can reach 20 ft. in height. The foliage is aromatic. Pale blue berries occur on female plants. Wax Myrtles tend to sucker, sometimes forming colonies in optimum growing conditions. Wax Myrtle prefers moist, acid soils but is adaptable to other conditions, including wet sites with poor drainage. Once established it is reasonably drought tolerant