Plant: August Beauty - Gardenia
Gardenia · Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty'
Size: 3 gal
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Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A dense, rounded evergreen gardenia growing 4 to 6 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide, blooming heavily from mid spring into fall with double, intensely fragrant white flowers about 3 inches across that age to cream. The opposite to whorled leaves are lanceolate to ovate, glossy, leathery and dark emerald green with prominent pinnate veining, holding through winter. Give it light to partial shade with morning sun and afternoon shade, and an acid soil below pH 6.0 that stays moist but drains well. It suits a border, a low hedge, a patio container or a walkway planting where the scent can be enjoyed.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 4 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7b-11b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A dense, rounded evergreen gardenia growing 4 to 6 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide, blooming heavily from mid spring into fall with double, intensely fragrant white flowers about 3 inches across that age to cream. The opposite to whorled leaves are lanceolate to ovate, glossy, leathery and dark emerald green with prominent pinnate veining, holding through winter. Give it light to partial shade with morning sun and afternoon shade, and an acid soil below pH 6.0 that stays moist but drains well. It suits a border, a low hedge, a patio container or a walkway planting where the scent can be enjoyed.
- Flowers
- Double white flowers about 3 inches across, borne heavily from mid spring to fall and very fragrant.
- Foliage
- Opposite or whorled leaves are lanceolate to ovate, dark emerald green, glossy and leathery with prominent pinnate veining.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Prune after the main flush of bloom finishes; heavy pruning later in the season removes the buds for next year.
