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The northern bayberry is a dense, rounded, deciduous shrub that grows 6 to 8 feet tall. The leathery, grayish-green leaves are aromatic when crushed. It prefers full sun and moist, sandy, acidic soils; however, it adapts to a range of soil conditions, including clay. Its tolerant of drought, erosion, high winds, salt spray, poor soils, and wet conditions. It tends to sucker and form colonies.

 

Plant Characteristics:

Grows 6-8' tall and 5-10' wide.

 

Prefers full sun and tolerates part shade.

 

Prefers well-drained, moist, sandy soils but adapts to clay and other soils. Tolerates occasional dry or wet conditions. 

 

Blooms in May with yellowish-green, non-showy catkins.  If pollinaated, female plants produce grayish-white, waxy-coated, round drupes in late summer that persist until April. The waxy coating on the fruit is aromatic.

 

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Bayberry, Northern, Myrica pennsylvanica

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  • We will receive our bare root order from a partner nursery in Michigan in late March.  Orders placed now will be reserved for pickup starting when we open April 3.

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