Gardenia

Named after a ‘Garden’.

  • Gardenia are small evergreen trees or shrubs, and grow between 1-15 meters (3.3-49 feet) tall.
  • 142 species have been discovered in the gardenia family.
  • Gardenia are native to Africa, Australasia and Oceania tropics.
  • Gardenias belong to the coffee plant family, ‘Rubiaceae’.
  • Gardenia flowers have a strong, pretty, sweet smell.

Gardenia, Australia, White Flowers, Pretty, Garden, Ten Random Facts

  • The gardenia flower is the national flower of Pakistan.
  • The gardenia was named after Dr Alexander Garden, a famous botanist, who was also a zoologist and physician.
  • The fruit of the gardenia is sometimes used in Chinese medicine.
  • If water touches gardenia flowers, the flowers will turn a coffee coloured brown.
  • Flowers of the gardenia are typically white or pale yellow.
Bibliography:
Gardenia 13 November 2012, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardenia>
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3 Responses to Gardenia

  1. Val Laird says:

    Do you have them growing in your garden?

  2. charles patch says:

    what zones will they make it through the winter ?

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