- How to Plant and Grow Bayberry - Better Homes Gardens
Bayberry is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub with leathery, aromatic leaves and delightfully fragrant, waxy berries The berries, which bear a woody, herbal fragrance reminiscent of winter holidays, are prized for scenting candles and soaps
- Myrica - Wikipedia
Common names include bayberry, bay-rum tree, candleberry, sweet gale, and wax-myrtle The generic name was derived from the Greek word μυρίκη (myrike), meaning "fragrance" [5][6] The species vary from 1 m (3 ft 3 in) shrubs up to 20 m (66 ft) trees; some are deciduous, but the majority of species are evergreen
- Bayberry | The Morton Arboretum
Bayberry is an upright, rounded, dense shrub with semi-evergreen, dark green, leathery leaves It has small waxy, persistent blue-gray fruit, which add winter interest and attract many species of birds
- Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica): All You Need To Know - Gardenia
Northern Bayberry is a multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded to irregular form, and it produces small, waxy gray berries that persist throughout the winter, providing visual interest in the landscape The leaves are glossy and aromatic when crushed, releasing a pleasant, spicy fragrance
- Myrica pensylvanica - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden
Myrica pensylvanica, commonly called bayberry, is a dense-branching deciduous shrub with a rounded habit which typically grows 6-10' tall Native to North America where it is primarily found growing along the eastern coast (including seashore) from Newfoundland to North Carolina
- Bayberry Benefits and Side Effects - The Herbal Resource
The active substances, therapeutic properties, health benefits and side effects of the medicinal herb bayberry (Myrica cerifera)
- Bayberry - Penn State Extension
Northern Bayberry, Morella pensylvanica, is distributed all along the mid-Atlantic coastal regions of North America, where it forms clumps that help stabilize dunes While commonly found along the coast, this native shrub thrives from Newfoundland to North Carolina and west to Ohio
- Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Guide - USDA Plants Database
Bayberry is a highly salt spray tolerant and moderately saline and drought tolerant shrub
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