Gardenias

No Southern California garden is complete without the exquisite fragrance of the flowers of the Gardenia. We stock many varieties from low growing, dwarf types that are excellent for containers and small gardens to large flowering varieties that make excellent specimens, hedges or foundation plantings. Some of the Gardenia varieties we stock include:

Please call ahead for current availability as our stock is always changing

Gardenia jasminoides ‘August Beauty’                                           

5’ tall and 3’ wide                            

Large double white flowers May – Nov.

Heavy bloomer

Gardenia jasminoides ‘First Love’                                                      

5-8’ tall, 3-6’ wide                            

4-5” blooms, very large flowers    

First Gardenia to bloom in spring

Gardenia jasminoides ‘Frost Proof’                                                    

3-4’ tall and wide                             

Dense clusters of creamy white flowers in spring and summer  

Like an upright Gardenia radicans.

Hardy to 10-20 degrees

Gardenia jasminoides ‘Mystery’ 

6-8’ tall              

4-5” Very large flowers May-July 

Tends to have an open growth habit.

Prune to keep neat.

Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’                                                      

6-12” tall and 2-3’ wide                  

1” double, white flowers.

 Summer bloom                                

Small scale ground cover or container plant.

Gardenia thunbergii       

10’ tall  and 20’ wide       

Large 3-4” single, 8-petaled, pinwheel-like creamy white flowers         

Winter blooming, protect from frost.

Angular branching. With age becomes more vigorous and floriferous

Gardenia thunbergii is used for the rootstock of some grafted varieties.

This species is nematode and rot resistant thus grafted varieties tend to tolerate poor soils better than non-grafted plants.

Gardenia jasminoides ‘Veitchii’ 

3-4 ½ tall and wide                          

1 ½” white flowers May – November and through warm winters          

Heavy bloomer

Gardenia jasminoides ‘White Gem’                                                  

1-2’ tall and as wide                        

Dwarf plant with single, fragrant flowers                                          

Great in containers, raised beds. Blooms often.

Grafted Gardenias

Gardenias that are grafted on to Gardenia thunbergii rootstock are available by special order. Grafted Gardenias tend to tolerate poor soils and absorb nutrients better than non-grafted plants. The following varieties can be special ordered as grafted plants: First Love, Mystery, August Beauty and Veitchii

To view a list of some of our favorite Gardenia varieties grown by Monrovia Growers, click on this link.