(Cape-jessamine, Gardenia)

Best known for its lush foliage, rounded habit and wonderfully fragrant flowers, this East Asian native is a superb evergreen shrub for warmer climate gardens. Its neat, dense form and glossy, dark green leaves provide landscape interest year round. From late spring to summer it produces many large, waxy, ivory flowers whose powerful fragrance permeates the garden. Flowers may be single, semi-double or double depending on the cultivar. Dwarf, cold-hardy, and variegated cultivars are also available....

(Cape Jasmine, Cape Jessamine, Gardenia, Shooting Star Gardenia)

The gardenia cultivar ‘Shooting Star’ is distinguished by its compact habit, winter hardiness and exceptionally large, fragrant, single, creamy white flowers. This Eastern Asian evergreen shrub blooms from late spring to summer. Flowers are followed by small, inedible, orange-brown fruits that mature in fall and add a hint of ornamental flair. Throughout the season, the glossy, dark green, lance-shaped leaves of gardenia remain attractive.

Though winter hardy to USDA Hardiness zone 6, this gardenia...

(Cape Jasmine, Gardenia, Variegated Gardenia)

The variegated gardenia has glossy white, creamy pale yellow and dark green leaves and double white blossoms. It is more slowly growing than the species. This medium to small shrub originates from China, Taiwan and Japan. From late spring to summer it produces waxy, ivory flowers exude oils with a lovely fragrance.

Acidic, evenly moist soils with good drainage are crucial for plant health and successful blooming. Common gardenia grows best in full to partial sun and should be provided with good...

(Everblooming Cape Jasmine, Gardenia)

Best known for its compact habit and vigorous flowering, Everblooming Cape Jasmine is a superb evergreen shrub for southern gardens.

This small shrub originates from China, Taiwan and Japan. Its neat, bushy habit and glossy, dark green leaves provide landscape interest all season. From summer to fall it produces many large, waxy, highly perfumed, ivory flowers. These are quite large and their sweet fragrance is so pungent it can be detected from afar.

Acidic, moist soils with good drainage...

(Cape Jasmine, Gardenia, White Gem Gardenia)

Best known for its lush foliage, dwarf stature and wonderfully ornamental fragrant flowers, ‘White Gem’ is a superb evergreen shrub for warm climates. From late spring to summer it produces many single, waxy, white flowers whose light fragrance permeates the garden. Flowers have six whorled petals that barely touch each other. Sporadic flowers may be seen in the cooler days of late summer and fall.

Acidic, evenly moist soil with good drainage is crucial for plant health and successful blooming....

(Gardenia)

(Tahitian Gardenia, Tiare )

The floral emblem of Tahiti, the large fragrant white blossoms of tiare beautifully dapple the glossy dark green foliage in the warm months of the year. A frost-tender, broadleaf evergreen shrub, it is native to extreme southeastern Asia. Archaeological evidence leads experts to believe it is native to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands and was spread eastward across the South Pacific by admiring native peoples, eventually reaching the Society Islands (Tahiti).

The broadly oval leaves are thing...

(Golden Gardenia)

(Golden Gardenia, Golden Pinwheel)

(Gardenia)