Pillow Talk Gardenia – 3 Gallon Pot

With a tidy, dense and mounding habit similar to the ‘Daisy Gardenia’, reaching maybe 3.5 feet tall and 4 feet wide, Pillow Talk Gardenia features abundant, large, double flowers similar in size and appearance to those of ‘August Beauty’.  The blooms are produced in spring filling the air with that sweet heavenly fragrance we gardenia lovers love, and they stand out remarkably well against the lustrous, deep green leaves. This one has handled both our extreme heat and humidity here in north-central Georgia, and all the way down to USDA Zone 11 in south Florida, and we hear it withstands cold temperatures to 5F in USDA Zone 7. While most gardenias prefer some shade in the midafternoon, Pillow Talk thrives in full sun, even in Florida. Excellent as a specimen in small garden spaces and containers or in groupings or as a hedge where space allows. Perfect in home foundation plantings and around patios, decks, porches and other outdoor sitting and living spaces.

 

Growing in a mound 3 to 3.5 feet tall and 4 feet wide, the Pillow Talk Gardenia is ideal for use as a lovely specimen in smaller garden spaces and containers or in groupings or as a low hedge in sunny to partially shaded landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Perfect on or around patios and other outdoor sitting and living spaces where the pretty flowers and wonderful fragrance of the flowers can be enjoyed from close up. In Zone 7 we would suggest locating this one on the east side of the home or other structures to protect from the north winter winds. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, white theme gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  3 feet apart for solid hedge;  6 feet or more apart for space between plants

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