General Landscape Uses: Accent plant, tropical garden bed, foundation planting, fragrance garden

Ecological Restoration Notes: Not recommended

Description: Gardenia flowers are well known for their superb fragrance!  The flowers are ivory in color and the leaves are a dark glossy green.

Dimensions: Height 6 ft.

Growth Rate: Moderate

Native Range: Pacific Islands

Native Habitats: Lowland tropical forest, coastal thickets, scrublands and open woodlands

Soils: Well-draining, slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter

Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high

Salt Water Tolerance: Low to Moderate

Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate

Drought Tolerance: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full Sun

Flower Color: White

Flower Characteristics: Fragrant

Flowering Season: late spring and into the summer

Fruit: Fleshy berry, green to yellow-brown when mature

Wildlife and Ecology: Pollinator attraction

Horticultural Notes: Propagated by cuttings, air layering

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