That's a nice plant dpolson37, with blooms even, that's great!! Do you know what variety it is?

I actually bought two plants from Home Depot also appx. 6 or 7 weeks ago. They were the standard(tree) grafted Miami Supreme, I live in florida and we have problems with nematodes so they recommend the grafted variety for us. I planted one in the ground and planted one in a clay pot. Also my daughter gave me a potted dwarf "radicans" for Christmas, hopefully I can keep at least one of them alive, LOL...

Good luck with your gardenia and update us with pics when it blooms, hopefully I can get mine to bloom?

Some times we do have problem culturing and growing and Gardenia is no different. I have a few but somehow they appear to refuse to even show a sign of any buds for me right now. I do miss that fragrance as soon as I step out of the door.

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Hi ankraras,

All your plants are very pretty and healthy. Definitely one of the reasons we try to grow these plants, the elusive sweet fragrant flowers. I'm sure yours will bloom soon, they are way too pretty not to... Thanks for the great pictures.

Ankraras, wow, am I ever impressed with your gardenias. If/when I move to Colorado maybe there is hope that I can still grow gardenias. You are a bit further south, but still get dry air like I'd get in Colorado.

Puglvr1, Veitchii is the variety from the tag on the plant. I doubt they get many different varieties in Northern Virginia, but I'll be checking back at Home Depot as the season progresses.

Happy Growing.

Greating puglvr1;- I just thought it would be nice to just post a few pics and now I need to learn more about my new gadget. I am so happy you like the photos. Many Thanks for your kind comments!

dpolson37;- When I think of Colorado I think of John Denver's Rocky "Mountain High". I have never been there. Funny, one of our acquaintances is from there. She was describing how beautiful that it is. Something Arizona and Colorado have in common is the gorgeous scenery and red rocks.

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My Home Depot has a fresh shipment of big 4" gardenias too but the idiots put them outside. They are all dead but they don't show it yet. I'm sure they will be black in a week. Much too cold still here for them to be outside.

We had 4" Gardenias at HD here in CT, but unfortunately they had about an half inch of water on the surface!!!! :-( Same with some beautiful large leaved decorative Fig trees.

Hey there,

I live in Alexandria, too, and planted two gardenia bushes in my yard three years ago, and both are doing great. They survive the winter with no problem and bloom fairly well. They're in part shade.

They're hardy gardenia, though. I don't think they're as pretty but they still smell great. Here's a picture of them.

I'm waiting for the day that Home Depot gets something really great, like brugmansia or plumeria.

Patrick

Here is a link that might be useful:

Nice flowers Patrick, thanks for the picture. Different flowers from what I'm used to seeing, but very pretty...