Gardenia
अनंत वृक्षகும்பிலிഗന്ധരാജൻ
Gardenia jasminoides J.Ellis
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.4 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Rubiaceae
Also called Common gardenia, Cape-jasmine, Cape jasmine
Formerly Gardenia angustifolia, Gardenia fortunei, Gardenia grandiflora, Gardenia longisepala, and 7 more
When it flowers
Flowers April to May in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Himalaya to C. & S. China and Indo-China, SC. & S. JapanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS part; NC State Extension full, part
- Height
- 1.2 m to 1.5 mRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 1–1.5 m; NC State Extension 4–8 ft
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 1.5 mRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 1–1.5 m; NC State Extension 4–8 ft
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from RHS and NC State Extension, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS white; NC State Extension cream, white, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -6.4 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from RHS and NC State Extension, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: RHS 5 °C; NC State Extension -17.8 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
African irisFlowers June to March, when this does not
Bird of paradiseFlowers June to March, when this does not
Cotton RosemallowFlowers June to March, when this does not
Creeping WoodsorrelFlowers June to March, when this does not
Crimson bottlebrushFlowers June to March, when this does not
French lavenderFlowers June to March, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- クチナシ
- Spanish
- Gardenia asiática, Jazmín del Cabo, Gardenia
- Chinese
- 山黃梔, 梔子, 山栀子
- Chinese (China)
- 栀子花
- Korean
- 치자나무
- French
- Gardénia
- root
- kadenia
- Danish
- almindelig gardenia
- Russian
- Гардения жасминовидная
- Thai
- พุดซ้อน
- Hebrew
- גרדניה יסמינית
- Polish
- Gardenia jaśminowata
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension Plant Toolbox, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Gardenia jasminoides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.