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: 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: Acidic, Well-drained
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.