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Gardenia jasminoides 'Shooting Star'

Overview

Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides 'Shooting Star') is an amazing garden plant that will bring beautiful fragrant clusters of whitish-pink flowers and evergreen color to your garden. It's a great low-maintenance and hardy plant, With a dense and multi-stemmed structure, Gardenia 'Shooting Star' usually will have large, white trumpet-shaped blooms with greenish-white centers that have an intoxicating jasmine scent. Add to these its glossy, dark green foliage and you have a stunning plant that will look amazing planted alongside other evergreens for a truly stunning garden centerpiece.

Care Guide

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Watering

Average — every "7-10" days.

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Light

Part sun/part shade.

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Temperature

Hardiness zone 8-11.

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Pruning

Best pruned in February, March, April.

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Propagation

Stem Propagation

Diseases & Pests

Common pests: Aphids, adelgids, Diptera - true flies, Mealybugs, Mildew, Mites, Root rot, Scale insects, Thrips.

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