Live Gardenia Plant – 2.5-Quart Evergreen Shrub with Fragrant White Blooms – Gardenia jasminoides

Add classic beauty and fragrance to your landscape with a Live Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) evergreen shrub. Gardenias are prized for their glossy dark green foliage and elegant white blooms, making them a favorite for foundation plantings, borders, containers, patios, and ornamental gardens.

This listing includes one live Gardenia plant in a 2.5-quart nursery container. Gardenias thrive in full sun to partial shade with fertile, well-drained, acidic soil and consistent moisture. Their evergreen foliage provides year-round interest, while their fragrant flowers add seasonal appeal.

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice:

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

If there is an issue with your order, contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide:

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without required photos may not be eligible for review.

Claims submitted more than 48 hours after delivery will be considered accepted as received and may not be eligible for replacement or refund.

• Includes 1 live Gardenia evergreen shrub
• Shipped in a 2.5-quart nursery container
• Botanical name: Gardenia jasminoides
• Produces fragrant white flowers and glossy evergreen foliage
• Suitable for landscapes, borders, patios, and containers
• Prefers full sun to partial shade
• Thrives in fertile, well-drained, acidic soil

🧾 MATERIALS:

• Live Gardenia jasminoides plant
• 2.5-quart nursery container
• Growing medium
• Protective shipping materials

📋 ATTRIBUTES:

Common Name: Gardenia
Scientific Name: Gardenia jasminoides
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Life Cycle: Perennial
Flower/Fruit Color: White Flowers; Glossy Green Foliage
Sunlight: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: Fertile, well-drained, acidic soil
Water: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged
USDA Zone: 8–11