Sweet Star® Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides 'PIIGA-III' PP29,448

Blooming into late summer and early fall, Sweet Star® Gardenia is covered in single flowers starting early May followed by excellent rebloom throughout summer. As flowers fade, they are followed by pretty orange fruit in fall. Sweet Star® is nicely compact and rounded in the landscape, and has glossy green leaves that serve as a lovely backdrop to the crisp white flowers. Reliably cold hardy in Zone 7, this variety extends the typical range for this fragrant garden favorite.

  • Height

    3-5'

  • Width

    4-5'

  • Exposure

    Full Sun to Part Shade

  • Hardiness Zone

    7-9

  • Heat Zone

    9

  • Shape

    Compact, mounded

  • Flower Color

    White

  • Foliage

    Dark Green

Bonus Attributes

  • Deer Resistant icon

    Deer Resistant

  • Fragrant icon

    Fragrant

  • Good for Cut Flowers icon

    Good for Cut Flowers

Caring Tips

  • pruning

    Summer After Flower

  • watering

    Medium

  • fertilizing

    Acid

Watering Distilyium with watering can

Know your zone

Zone Hardiness Map

The colored areas show where this plant thrives. Knowing this will help you select the most appropriate plants for your zone.

Sweet Star® Gardenia

Thrives in Zones 7-9