Summer Snow Gardenia – 3 Gallon Pot

Other Names:  Summer Snow Cold Hardy Gardenia

Perhaps the most cold hardy Gardenia introduced to date, ‘Summer Snow’ has shown excellent cold tolerance to below 0°F, which is a much greater threshold than any other variety we know of, and we’ve tried them all! Summer Snow produces abundant large and waxy, intoxicatingly fragrant, white double flowers that fill the garden with heavenly aroma from May through early summer. The flowers stand out beautifully against the dark green glossy leaves on a fast-growing and dense mounding shrub to 4 to 5 feet tall and wide, making it perfect for a low to mid-size hedge or in home foundation plantings and around patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces. This one will grow in part to even full shade and still bloom great. As with other gardenias, do avoid the midafternoon direct sun. Has demonstrated high resistance to drought, disease and insects, and you might be happy to know that the deer turn their nose up to it!

Its mounding form to only 4 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide make the Summer Snow Gardenia ideal for use as a specimen in smaller garden spaces or large pots, planters, and other containers. In larger landscape spaces it is ideal for use in groupings or as a low maintenance hedge. An excellent selection for home foundation plantings and around patios, decks, porches and other outdoor living spaces where the beautiful and fragrant flowers and lustrous foliage can be enjoyed from close up. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, cottage gardens, white theme gardens, tropical-look gardens, and part to fully shaded woodland gardens. 

Suggested Spacing:  3.5 to 4 feet apart for solid hedge or mass plantings;  8 feet or more apart for space between plants