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Myrica gale - Sweetgale - Myricaceae (The Bayberry Family)
Myrica gale - Sweetgale - Myrica gale is known as sweet gale and has aromatic foliage. It is a tough, super hardy shrub for wet locations.
Myrica gale - Myrica gale is known as sweet gale and has aromatic foliage. It is a tough, super hardy shrub for wet locations.
 
9cm
Price: $7.99
Zone Hardiness: 2-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Flower Colour: Green

Stock Status:(Out of Stock)

Availability: Most main catalogue plants ready May 15 to June 30. 
Product Code: 5592
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Description Fine Print
 
If you've ever been swimming or canoeing on a lake in BC (or across Canada for that matter) and you've seen a shrub growing right in the water along the shore, chances are it was sweetgale (Myrica gale) which is also known as bog-myrtle, sweet willow, or Dutch myrtle. It is a tough, super hardy shrub for wet locations that will spread by underground suckers and would work admirably to prevent shoreline erosion. It has catkins like a willow that are yellowish green. The leaves have a sweet resinous scent and is used as an insect repellent. Parts of the plant have also been used as a remedy and as a flavouring for foods.
Details
  • Class: Deciduous
  • Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
  • Flowering Time: Spring
  • Fragrant: Yes
  • Foliage Colour: Green
  • Deer Resistant: Unknown
  • Attracts:
  • Habitat: Swamps, bogs, fens, lakeshores and estuary edges at low elevations into the mountains from Alaska to Newfoundland and south into the US. Also found in Eurasia.
  • Geographical Origin: Americas - North America, Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia, Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan, Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
  • BC Native: No


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