Gardenia ‘Kleim’s Hardy’

Description

Gardenia Jasminoides are excellent evergreen shrubs, with perfect low mounding habit, popular for their extremely scented flowers. Kleims Hardy is a dwarf Jasminoides that is native to China and Japan. It is also commonly known as the Cape Jasmine and appreciated as a gorgeous, compact container plant.

This Gardenia Jasminoides shrub has lustrous dark green leaves that flourishes all year round. It blooms stunning star-shaped, single white flowers with 5-6 elegant petals, carrying an exquisite fragrance from late spring to mid-summer. Kleims Hardy can also occasionally bloom flowers in late summer.

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 fertiliser 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.

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

Plant your Kleims Hardy Jasmine plant near garden entrance or patio where it can boast its showy flowers.