Plant: Diamond Spire - Gardenia
Gardenia · Gardenia 'Leefive'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A columnar gardenia growing only 3 to 4 feet high and about 2 feet wide, narrow enough for tight spaces and vertical accents beside an entrance. Single white blossoms with a rich fragrance open from late spring through fall and rebloom through summer, over glossy dark green evergreen foliage that stays attractive year round. It takes full sun to part shade, medium water with routine irrigation in dry spells, and a well drained, slightly acidic soil. Use it for accent plantings, containers, cut flowers, low hedges or poolside.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 4 ft tall and 2 ft wide
- Blooms in spring, summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-10b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A columnar gardenia growing only 3 to 4 feet high and about 2 feet wide, narrow enough for tight spaces and vertical accents beside an entrance. Single white blossoms with a rich fragrance open from late spring through fall and rebloom through summer, over glossy dark green evergreen foliage that stays attractive year round. It takes full sun to part shade, medium water with routine irrigation in dry spells, and a well drained, slightly acidic soil. Use it for accent plantings, containers, cut flowers, low hedges or poolside.
- Flowers
- Single white fragrant blossoms from late spring through fall, reblooming through the summer.
- 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.
