Gardenias

The gardenia is a favorite landscape shrub in Florida. They can be used as screens, hedges, and borders, as well as freestanding specimens or in mass plantings. There are many different cultivars of gardenias, which vary greatly in form, flower type, and plant size.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Fragrant Gardenias
• Gardenia--Fragrant Landscape Favorite
• Gardenia--Nature's Perfume for the Garden (PDF)
• Gardenias Provide Beauty and Fragrance (PDF)
• Pruning Gardenias (PDF)

UF/IFAS Publications

• Gardenia jasminoides (PDF)
• Gardenia jasminoides 'Prostrata' Dwarf Gardenia
• Gardenias
• Selected Shrubs for Central Florida
• Selected Shrubs for North Florida

Other Sites

• Gardenia--Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service
• Gardenia: A Gardener's Challenge--Purdue University Consumer Horticulture
• Questions About Gardenias--Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service