Beginner Gardening: Gardenia Cultivar Confusion, 2 by purpleinopp

purpleinopp wrote:
The best-looking ones are in full sun. Otherwise, they're floppy, possibly even sprawling, sparsely foliated, not heavily flowering. Both pics below are of the same shrub, this past June, and a few weeks ago covered with ice. I've never watered this since moving here in '07 except once or twice during summer of '12 when it didn't rain for about 3 months. Hope yours is the same one, it's my fav plant in the whole yard! I've started a bunch of babies from it, but it will be years before they are this size.