Everblooming Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides 'Veitchii'
Highly prized for the profusion of sweetly fragrant blooms, excellent for cut flowers. Beautiful specimen, its upright branches are covered with glossy foliage. Terrific container plant. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | gar-DEEN-ee-uh jas-min-NOY-deez ve-tch-i |
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Garden styles: | Asian/Zen, Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 7 - 9, 12 - 16, 18 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Grows to 4 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Round |
| Flower attributes: | Flowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Topiary, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring through summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3780 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Pruning time: summer after flowering.
Design Ideas
With its low, dense growth, this Gardenia is a favorite for limited space. Mounding habit is complementary in Asian-inspired gardens and on mounds with boulders where it appears to spill down a slope. Best planted close to outdoor living spaces in heavy ceramic pots or raised planters to enjoy the lovely fragrance. Keep away from big bushy shrubs which can overwhelm this smaller Gardenia.
Companion Plants
Combine this fragrant beauty with other woodland shrubs and perennials like Masterwort, Coral Bells, Camellia and Evergreen Azalea. Create a tropical container planting for your patio or deck with Mandevilla, Elephant Ears, Agapanthus and Fuchsia.
History
Gardenia is a native of China where it has been cultivated for over a thousand years. Plants reached America directly from Asia in 1761 where John Ellis cultivated the plants at his Yeshoe Plantation. These would be the progenitor for all camellias in England. Ellis named the genus for his friend, Dr. Garden, a physician of Charleston, South Carolina. In the Victorian language of flowers the gardenia came to symbolize secret love. It is a favorite flower for corsage due to its heady fragrance.
Highly prized for the profusion of sweetly fragrant blooms, excellent for cut flowers. Beautiful specimen, its upright branches are covered with glossy foliage. Terrific container plant. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Pruning time: summer after flowering.
Design Ideas
With its low, dense growth, this Gardenia is a favorite for limited space. Mounding habit is complementary in Asian-inspired gardens and on mounds with boulders where it appears to spill down a slope. Best planted close to outdoor living spaces in heavy ceramic pots or raised planters to enjoy the lovely fragrance. Keep away from big bushy shrubs which can overwhelm this smaller Gardenia.
Companion Plants
Combine this fragrant beauty with other woodland shrubs and perennials like Masterwort, Coral Bells, Camellia and Evergreen Azalea. Create a tropical container planting for your patio or deck with Mandevilla, Elephant Ears, Agapanthus and Fuchsia.
History
Gardenia is a native of China where it has been cultivated for over a thousand years. Plants reached America directly from Asia in 1761 where John Ellis cultivated the plants at his Yeshoe Plantation. These would be the progenitor for all camellias in England. Ellis named the genus for his friend, Dr. Garden, a physician of Charleston, South Carolina. In the Victorian language of flowers the gardenia came to symbolize secret love. It is a favorite flower for corsage due to its heady fragrance.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | gar-DEEN-ee-uh jas-min-NOY-deez ve-tch-i |
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Garden styles: | Asian/Zen, Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 7 - 9, 12 - 16, 18 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Grows to 4 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Round |
| Flower attributes: | Flowers for Cutting, Fragrant, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Topiary, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring through summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3780 |
