ShrubsGardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 8-11, that matures to about 5-6 ft × 5-6 ft. It does best in part shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect cream, yellow and white blooms in spring and summer. It attracts bees, pollinators and songbirds, stands up well to deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 8-11
- Sun
- Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 5-6 ft × 5-6 ft
- Spacing
- 3 feet-6 feet
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry, Occasionally-wet
- Foliage
- Green
- Bloom color
- Cream, Yellow, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Pollinators, Songbirds
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought
- Watch out for
- Problem for cats, Problem for dogs, Problem for horses
- Native to
- China, Taiwan, Japan
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
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Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Gardenia is hardy to about 10°F (estimated from USDA zone 8), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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