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Does anyone know if Wax Myrtle is sold in the UK? If so any ideas where I can get hold of it?
 
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If you mean Myrica californica, Californian Wax Myrtle, Martin Crawford, author of Creating a Forest Garden, has some.

http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/seedorders.html

*Edit I just noticed on his seed list that he has regular wax myrtle also, check it out.
 
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Did you ever find any wax Myrtle?? I haven’t had much luck germinating the seed and can’t find actual plants for love nor money! I have found mention of it naturalising in the New Forest, but no concrete evidence of exactly where…
 
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Hi Rob, Welcome to Permies!
Wax Myrtle is on my wants list too. I'm sure it would be an interesting addition to my garden and the thought of a wax harvest from plants is intriguing. I've tried seed twice with no luck, ART is still the only supplier listed by the RHS and Martin only seems to have seeds listed again. I do have some common Myrtle, which should provide leaves for flavouring, and bog mytle is a common shrub here. I might try seeing if I can extract wax from those berries, if I can find a female plant. They grow by suckers, so tend to be a single sex thicket.
If you do succeed and have spare plants - think of me please! Maybe we can swap?
 
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