In the landscape: Sweet Gale is an important nitrogen-fixing plant in moist, boggy areas; often found growing alongside Douglas Spiraea and Labrador Tea. Its sweet, resinous scent is welcome addition to the garden. Phenology: Bloom Period: March-April; Fruit ripens in October.

Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae native to parts of Eurasia and North America. Common names include bog-myrtle, [2] sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, [3] and sweetgale. [4]

Sweet gale (Myrica gale) is an herb. The leaves, branches, and wax are sometimes used to make medicine. Sweet gale contains ingredients that might help reduce skin redness and swelling...

Sweetgale or Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale) is a deciduous aromatic shrub that grows in marshes, bogs, and the edges of lakes and ponds in the Adirondack Mountains. Sweetgale is part of the Myricaceae family, which also includes two other plants that occur in the Adirondacks: Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina) and Bayberry (Morella caroliniensis).

Its leaves are sweetly scented. It teams up with a bacterium in its roots that can fix nitrogen. Its fragrant, dark-green leaves and fruits (which attract birds) make it a good planting choice for wet areas of the garden. Bogs, fens, shores of rivers or lakes, swamps.

Sweet-gale is a common shoreline shrub of acidic lakes, streams and bogs throughout northeastern Minnesota. It spreads vegetatively by both branch layering and root suckers forming large, colonial and nearly impenetrable thickets that …

Broadleaf deciduous bushy shrub, ascending branches, 3-6 ft (0.9-1.8 m) tall, suckering, spreads slowly. Leaves alternate, simple, narrow obovate, 2-6 cm long, thin, toothed near apex, tapering to the base, gray-green above, paler below, sweet fragrance, yellowish resin droplets visible on both surfaces, especially below.

Sweet gale is an unsung treasure for moist gardens-- with a round, full appearance and a lovely blue-tinged foliage, this species is a prolific producer of glands containing aromatic essential oils that emanate a balmy, bay-like scent with floral and citrus notes.

Native in the Pacific NW, Alaska to Oregon, east across northern Canada, upper midwest and northeastern USA. Found in bogs, swamps, along lakes and streams. This is a lovely shrub, …

Sweetgale is an important nitrogen-fixing plant. Its sweet, resinous, grey-green foliage and highly ornamental fruits make it a welcome addition to the garden. Sweetgale is a low growing deciduous aromatic shrub that grows in marshes, bogs and along the edges of lakes and ponds.