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Tue, May 12, 09 at 0:50
| I have a gardenia bush that has been grown from a cutting of an extremely old plant that my grandfather had many, many years ago. My mother took cuttings to give all of us grandchildren one, as she calls this an "old-fashioned' type of gardenia...the flowers are much larger than all of the ones I see for sale in stores and the leaves are a bit larger. I guess all I really want to know is if there are very many varieties of gardenia, or just a few and what might I have? I can take a picture to post, as I had my first bloom open today. Of course, I am only going by what I see in our stores locally, they may be way more findable elsewhere!! Any info would really be appreciated! Thanks so much! |
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| I'd expect that your is simply Gardenia jasminoides, rather than an 'improved' cultivar of the species. A couple of the more common cultivars are G.j. 'Veitchii' and G.j. 'Mystery'. |
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- Posted by dan_staley USDA 5/S 2b (My Page) on Thu, May 14, 09 at 15:31
| Likely it is Gardenia j. as most others aren't found here. There are ~ dozen named varieties of Gardenia j. that are readily available. All, IMHO, are a floral improvement over the original in that they generally last longer or are double, but the original is ~more hardy. There is a possibility yours may be 'Mystery', but I'd wager not. When I had my landscape design business, I'd try to tuck in at least one on each job and I wish we could grow them in Colo. Dan |
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- Posted by Susan(susumacmoo@live.com) onSun, Jun 26, 11 at 14:41
| I WANT AN OLD FASHIONED GARDENIA BUSH THAT HAS MANY LEAFED FLOWERS WITH A STRONG PERFUME SCENT; WE HAD THEM IN CENTRAL N.C. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, AND THE CULTIVARS I NOW HAVE IN GA. DO NOT HAVE THE WONDERFUL STRONG SCENT, NOR FULLNESS OF BLOOM AS THE OLD FASHIONED ONES DID. ANYONE KNOW WHERE I COULD ORDER SOME OF THOSE AS DESCRIBED? |
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