Gardenia, Cape Jasmine, Gandharaj 'August Beauty'

I think this is like the gardenia I have. Being in zone 5, I had to bring in this tree standard for the winter. It still has many buds ...Read Moreon the plant. However, when each bud is opening, the bud turns tan and isn't the beautiful bloom it has had. Any ideas? I mist it on a daily basis and the light and temperature is good.

This is the third spring for this bush. It blooms twice, once in late spring and in the fall. It is planted a few feet from a 100 year ...Read Moreold oak ...so it is in the shade mostly. I give it a few shakes of my azeala food for the acid and fertilize it with nursery packaged manure and I put compost around the plant quite a bit. My dog has tried to kill it a few times by digging up around its roots but it survives. It is thriving and beautiful. My neighbor has 6 and she does nothing to hers and they do great.

I have a nice bush that's been in full sun for 2 years now. It came up from the roots of my mother's bush. Her bush came from a cutting...Read More form her mother's bush. As far as I know my bush is either fourth or fifth generation in my family. To me it smells like Summer, because you can smell Mom's bush from the swing in the yard even though it's about 50 feet away. I planted mine so that the wind will blow the fragrance in my kitchen window. I cherish my bush.

Very nice fragrance. Notes from grower (Hines Horticulture): Grows to 4-6'. Deep green foliage. 2-3" fragrant double white flowers late M...Read Moreay through June. Best in filtered shade. Gardenia Jasminoides 'August Beauty'.

MY daughter sent me a beautiful 20gal clay pot with a wooden stand from Crate and Barrel.
So when I was at Lowes today just for so...Read Moreme soil mind you I came home with an American Beauty in a 3 gal container.To put in my new clay pot. I have it under a 75% shade condition. I look forward to my 1st Gardenia blooms

I've only had these two 'August Beauty plants in for about 6 months. They are getting full western sun and reflected heat from a stucco ...Read Morewall. They are about 36 inches tall. I had planned on moving them but they kept surviving our summer without any stress. This summer got up to 116°F. Pittosporum Tobira 'Edward Goucher plants were burning up but these two Gardenias did great and even bloomed although not that much. Doesn't figure that they would do so well.

I planted a one gallon specimen in mid June, and was rewarded with my first bloom August 28th. Incredible fragrance and lovely green foli...Read Moreage. I have six of these planted on opposite sides of my deck, receiving full sun except for late afternoon. I will be planting more of these.

I grow this up North, but bring it indoors in the wintertime as a houseplant. Because we have alkaline water, I add two teaspoons of vin...Read Moreegar per gallon of water to give it the type of water that it needs. I also fertilize it with Miracle Grow Acid Fertilizer.