Plant: Kleim's Hardy - Gardenia
Gardenia · Gardenia jasminoides 'Kleim's Hardy'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A compact, cold hardy evergreen gardenia growing to about 3 feet tall and wide and reported hardy to 10 degrees F. It carries single, strongly fragrant white flowers in May and often a smaller second flush in fall, over opposite to whorled leaves that are glossy, leathery and dark emerald green through the 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. Its small size suits a container, a low border along a walkway or the front of a foundation planting.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 3 ft tall and 3 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7b-11b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A compact, cold hardy evergreen gardenia growing to about 3 feet tall and wide and reported hardy to 10 degrees F. It carries single, strongly fragrant white flowers in May and often a smaller second flush in fall, over opposite to whorled leaves that are glossy, leathery and dark emerald green through the 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. Its small size suits a container, a low border along a walkway or the front of a foundation planting.
- Flowers
- Single fragrant white flowers in May, often with a smaller flush of bloom again 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.
