August Beauty Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides ‘August Beauty’ – The August Beauty Gardenia is a medium-sized evergreen shrub with rich, glossy foliage and enormous, rose-like pure white blossoms that fill your garden with a wonderful fragrance. This variety is notable for its continuous blooming from mid-spring to fall, so you can enjoy that addictive fragrance for months and months. This is a vigorous plant growing to 5 feet tall or more, and making a beautiful specimen in the garden, or a lovely hedge. It can be allowed to grow naturally, or clipped into a more formal shape. Even when not in bloom the dark-green, glossy foliage will be a beautiful feature in your garden, and gardenias are not difficult to grow if a little basic care is given them.

• The perfect gardenia for warmer areas
• Huge fully-double white flowers
• Attractive glossy evergreen foliage
• Powerful fragrance fills the garden
• Easily grown with some basic care

Plant your August Beauty Gardenia is a location that is partially shaded, or has morning sun and afternoon shade. It will grow best in acidic soil, but if you don’t have that you can treat the plant with iron, or grow it in a container. Trim in late summer if necessary, and fertilize in spring. Although not drought tolerant, your plant will normally be free of pests and diseases and it is even unattractive to deer.