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Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera 'JBG 1000'
Also called bayside bonito and bayside bonito waxmyrtle
Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle blooms from March through April.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–10. Expect it to reach about 11 ft tall and 8 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
Plant Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 10, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from March to April.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle get?
11 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult8 ftwideSee Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Give Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle about 8 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.
Add Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 17 published sources on October 5, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Plant Addictsthe queue's store; it sells the Proven Winners plantheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- Proven Winnersthe brandheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- provenwinnerscolorchoice.comProven Winners ColorChoice (the brand's shrub site)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- US plant patent (Google Patents)the breeder's own registration, via Google Patentsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- jberrynursery.comJ. Berry Nursery (the breeder, Jim Berry, Grand Saline, Texas)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Missouri Botanical Gardenspecies page, as Morella ceriferahardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- NC State Extensionspecies pagehardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- Sooner Plant FarmPark Hill, Oklahomaheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and soil
- springmeadownursery.comSpring Meadow Nursery (the nursery behind the Proven Winners ColorChoi...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- gardencrossings.comGarden Crossings (Zeeland, Michigan)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- greatgardenplants.comGreat Garden Plantsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centerspecies page, as Morella ceriferasun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- jerseyyards.orgJersey-Friendly Yards, Barnegat Bay Partnership, New Jersey (species p...sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- Plants For A Futurespecies pagesun, water, bloom months and color, soil and toxicity
- research.fs.usda.govUSDA Forest Service, Fire Effects Information System (species review,...bloom months and color and pests
- gardencentermarketing.comGarden Center Marketing (Clarity Connect's plant library for garden-ce...height and hardiness zones
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centeran answer of 2012-03-15; species leveltoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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