Gardenia FROSTPROOF Live Plant Intensely Fragrant Semi-Double White Flowers Spring Summer Bloomer Starter Size Plant 4 Inch Pot Emeralds TM

When it comes to the combination of beauty of fragrance, grace, romance and charm, the Gardenia plant is usually at the top of most lists. Frostproof is a good all round choice, especially for mass plantings in cooler climates, with a based recommendation for Zones 7, 8, 9 and 10A, with some sources citing successful plantings in Zones 6 and 11, as it is also quite tolerant of heat and high humidity.

It matures as a mid sized bushy shrub with a self branching, rounded habit, cloaked in narrow pointed, glossy, medium green leaves. Semi-doubled flowers flowers are large at about 3 inches in diameter with a center crown atop a body of five slightly pinwheeled outer petals appear late in the Spring and continue til midsummer.

It is a tough, resilient plant and was an LSU 'Super Plant' designee in 2011. Few other plants provide some much in terms of fragrance and beauty with so little effort.