{"id":214260,"date":"2026-02-16T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/the-aromatic-evergreen-that-feeds-birds-pollinators-while-providing-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:15:09","slug":"the-aromatic-evergreen-that-feeds-birds-pollinators-while-providing-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/the-aromatic-evergreen-that-feeds-birds-pollinators-while-providing-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aromatic Evergreen That Feeds Birds &#038; Pollinators While Providing Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housedigest.com\/2100203\/aromatic-southern-wax-myrtle-feed-bird-pollinator-give-privacy\/\">The Aromatic Evergreen That Feeds Birds &#038; Pollinators While Providing Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housedigest.com\/2100203\/aromatic-southern-wax-myrtle-feed-bird-pollinator-give-privacy\/\">https:\/\/www.housedigest.com\/2100203\/aromatic-southern-wax-myrtle-feed-bird-pollinator-give-privacy\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-16 17:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.housedigest.com\">www.housedigest.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">namaki\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Are you on the hunt for one of the best winter plants for patio privacy?\u00a0You need a tree\u00a0with foliage that stays thick even in the coldest months of the year. Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to grow a tree that releases a fresh, spicy scent when you brush past it or crush its needles, like a bayberry candle? Planting a native Southern wax myrtle (Morella cerifera) is an excellent way to keep neighbors from peeking into your yard. Plus, these bushy trees give birds and pollinators food and a place to call home in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 through 11.\u00a0The shrub grows a thick wall of olive leaves that stay on the branches all year long,\u00a0and it&#8217;s\u00a0softer looking\u00a0than sharply manicured boxwood or privet hedges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These evergreen trees can put on 2 feet of growth in just one year. They will eventually top out at somewhere between 10 and 25 feet,\u00a0but you can easily keep them smaller with pruning.\u00a0The Southern wax myrtle fills in empty spots so quickly that it looks like it&#8217;s been part of your yard forever rather than something you just brought home from the nursery. The branches are flexible and\u00a0don&#8217;t snap easily in\u00a0heavy winds or light loads of ice and snow, making it a great choice for year-round privacy in areas that experience strong storms. Note however that the branches\u00a0will droop under the weight of heavy snow.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">How to grow Southern wax myrtle for thick privacy hedges<\/h2>\n<p>                  &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.housedigest.com\/2100203\/aromatic-southern-wax-myrtle-feed-bird-pollinator-give-privacy\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aromatic Evergreen That Feeds Birds &#038; Pollinators While Providing Privacy https:\/\/www.housedigest.com\/2100203\/aromatic-southern-wax-myrtle-feed-bird-pollinator-give-privacy\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-16&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.housedigest.com\/img\/gallery\/the-aromatic-evergreen-that-feeds-birds-pollinators-while-providing-privacy\/l-intro-1770978779.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214262,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214260\/revisions\/214262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}