The Fool Proof Gardenia, a gem from the Southern Living Plant Collection, is a beautifully compact shrub that boasts a mounding growth pattern. It's celebrated for its fragrant, white, double-form blooms that grace the plant from late spring through fall, ensuring a long season of visual and olfactory delight. Its evergreen foliage, a lush deep green, adds a rich, year-round structure to your garden. Whether used as low hedges, striking accents, foundation plantings, mass plantings, or even in containers, the Fool Proof Gardenia makes a versatile and stunning addition to any landscape. It is hardy down to USDA zone 7, but for those living in areas colder than zone 7, it’s advisable to grow it in containers or planters that can be moved indoors during the winter months to protect it from the cold. This offer includes one 2-gallon Fool Proof Gardenia shrubs, each delivered in a plastic pot filled with soil. To ensure they arrive in the best condition, the pots are wrapped in poly bags to retain moisture and secure any soil that might shake loose during shipping. We suggest that customers living outside the southeastern United States place their orders during the cooler seasons of spring or fall. This timing helps to avoid potential heat or cold stress that the plants might experience during transit, ensuring they arrive at your door in the best possible condition.
Delightfully scented, double blossoms bloom periodically from spring through fall.
Grows to a height of 3-4 ft and spreads up to 3 ft across.
Suitable for outdoor planting in USDA Zones 7-10; for zones below 7, consider container planting for indoor relocation in winter.
Thrives in areas that receive full sunlight.
Perfect as a standout accent, in containers, for creating beautiful cut flower arrangements, for dense group plantings, within mixed garden beds, or as part of a woodland garden setup.
For planting, select a location with well-draining garden soil and mix it with your native soil to backfill the planting hole while applying a slow-release, slightly acidic fertilizer each spring.
Average shipped plant size: 10-15 inches tall X 10-15 inches wide
Ships from Alabama gulf coast - customers beyond the south eastern United States should consider placing orders from early Fall to mid-late Spring to avoid heat damage during transit
If you are working on a big landscape project, consider ordering 1-2 plants to ensure they meet your specifications before placing an order for your entire project