Plant: Chuck Hayes - Gardenia
Gardenia · Gardenia jasminoides 'Chuck Hayes'
Size: 1 gal
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More about this plant
An extra cold hardy evergreen gardenia reaching about 4 feet high, carrying semi double, very fragrant white flowers 2 to 3 inches across through summer with a profuse rebloom in fall. Its opposite to whorled leaves are glossy, leathery and dark emerald green and hold all winter, giving the plant year round structure. Grow it in light to partial shade with morning sun and afternoon shade, in an acid soil below pH 6.0 that is kept moist but drains freely. It works as a fragrant border shrub, an informal hedge or a container plant beside a patio or walkway.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 4 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7b-11b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
An extra cold hardy evergreen gardenia reaching about 4 feet high, carrying semi double, very fragrant white flowers 2 to 3 inches across through summer with a profuse rebloom in fall. Its opposite to whorled leaves are glossy, leathery and dark emerald green and hold all winter, giving the plant year round structure. Grow it in light to partial shade with morning sun and afternoon shade, in an acid soil below pH 6.0 that is kept moist but drains freely. It works as a fragrant border shrub, an informal hedge or a container plant beside a patio or walkway.
- Flowers
- Semi double fragrant white flowers 2 to 3 inches across in summer, with a profuse rebloom in fall.
- 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.
