Exposure: Full sun to half shade. Zone 2.
Soil: Widely adapted from sandy to heavy clay soils. Salt tolerant.
Growth habits: This great native plant is a semi-evergreen to deciduous clump forming shrub from 5-12 feet in height that has an upright rounded dense growth habit with dark lustrous green leaves that turn burgundy in cold weather. The whole plant is highly aromatic. It may form small waxy berries along the stem, which are gathered to make bayberry wax or are left on the plant as wildlife food.
Landscape uses: Bayberry is an excellent nitrogen fixing plant for massing, borders, hedges, or foundation planting. It combines well with broadleaved evergreens and tolerates salt spray and poor soils.

$30.00/3 gal