Gardenia jasminoides (9cm)

Gardenia are bushy evergreen shrubs or trees, with attractive glossy leaves and large, fragrant white funnel- or bowl-shaped flowers with from various lobes

This Gardenia Jasminoides shrub has lustrous dark green leaves that flourish all year round. It blooms stunning star-shaped, single white flowers with various elegant petals, carrying an exquisite fragrance from late spring to mid-summer.

Gardenia Jasminoides despise competition other nearby plant roots. Although it is usually grown in greenhouses and conservatories, cape jasmine still makes a perfect container plant or used for sheltered borders.

These beautiful shrubs thrive in dappled shade or semi-shade, planted in a rich fertile and neutral to acid soil, that is well-drained. Add a feed with balanced liquid fertilizer in March and later in June. Gardenia plants need regular watering if they are grown outdoors. Prune them slightly to maintain their neat shape and faded flowers in spring.