Landscape Uses
Wax Myrtle is extremely versatile.  Although grown most often as an understory tree, it can be pruned to be a hedge.  It can be grown in wet or dry conditions, sun or shade, but can become spindly in the shade.

Fun Facts
The berries can be used to flavor meat dishes such as game.  The leaves are claimed to repel fleas.  Supposedly, a prig of wax myrtle in a closet or drawer will keep the cockroaches out.