Sweet Tea™ Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides 'PIIGA-II' PP27,258

Sweet Tea Gardenia flowering in landscape

This new reblooming double gardenia has tennis ball size flowers with the gardenia fragrance we all know and love. Sweet Tea™ is more upright and larger than Double Mint and is more winter hardy. It survived 4-6*F in 2013-2014 in an above ground container with no injury and is currently being tested for Zone 6 hardiness. That’s saying something since many other gardenias suffered severe damage during the same winter.

  • Height

    3-5'

  • Width

    3-5'

  • Exposure

    Full Sun to Part Shade

  • Hardiness Zone

    7-9

  • Heat Zone

    9

  • Shape

    Rounded

  • Flower Color

    White

  • Foliage

    Dark Green

Bonus Attributes

  • Deer Resistant icon

    Deer Resistant

  • Fragrant icon

    Fragrant

  • Good for Potting icon

    Good for Potting

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.