Plant: Fool Proof - Gardenia
Gardenia · Gardenia 'Leesix'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A cold tolerant gardenia with fully double, strongly fragrant creamy white flowers from spring through fall on a glossy evergreen shrub about 3 to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. It likes full sun with afternoon shade in extreme heat and rich, moist, acidic, well drained soil. Use it as an accent, border, low hedge or container plant, or for cut flowers.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A cold tolerant gardenia with fully double, strongly fragrant creamy white flowers from spring through fall on a glossy evergreen shrub about 3 to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. It likes full sun with afternoon shade in extreme heat and rich, moist, acidic, well drained soil. Use it as an accent, border, low hedge or container plant, or for cut flowers.
- Flowers
- Fully double creamy white flowers with a strong sweet fragrance from spring through fall.
- Foliage
- Simple, glossy, leathery evergreen leaves.
- Pruning
- Prune only to shape, after flowering ends in spring.
- Native range
- Southern China, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam
