Gardenia augusta Florida

Common Name: Florida Gardenia

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The Gardenia augusta Florida is a hugely popular garden addition. This evergreen never goes out of style with her iconic fragrant semi-double white flowers in the warmer months. Growing 800 mm to 1 metre tall, plant this stunning Gardenia variety as a border, in rockeries, for tub planting or shape for low hedges, and the gorgeous flowers are highly attractive to birds and insects.

The real selling point for the Gardenia varieties however are the richly scented flowers that can fill your garden with an intoxicatingly sweet fragrance highly attractive to bird and insect life in the spring and summer months. Shape to create a beautiful low hedge, or feature plant along the house or driveway, no garden is complete without this classic plant.

Moderately frost & wind tolerant; prefers sheltered postion.  Most rich, well drained soils; mulch if possible.  Partial shade (ideally with morning sun).