Myrica gale ‘Lowboy’: A Compact, Male, Sweetgale Plant with Southern Provenance

Abstract

Myrica gale (sweetgale) is a cold hardy (USDA hardiness zone 2) plant native to the northern latitudes of the northern hemisphere. In North America, the native range is from the northeastern United States west to the Great Lake states, and in the Pacific Northwest north to Alaska (U.S. Department of Agriculture–Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2021). A small population was reported in one county of North Carolina, but its continued existence is questioned beyond 2018 (LeGrand et al., 2021). Myrica gale is also native throughout Canada, Russia, Japan, North Korea, and northern Europe. It