| Scientific Name: | Gardenia jasminoides |
| Common Name: | gardenia |
| Family Name: | Rubiaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Fragrance, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Lustrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Mar-Sep, Can flower any month |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Orange, Red, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate-elliptic, thick, glossy, dark green, up to 10cm long; flowers white, highly fragrant, most 4-6cm wide. | |