I have almost 100% success w/ gardenias by dropping the cuttings in a little 10 gallon aquarium. The fish get greenery and the gardenia cuttings grow roots galore. When I get a few strong roots I pop 'em in little pots and keep 'em moist.
Rob, dunno if it applies to you or not, but you might want to keep your potted gardenias out of hot drying winds and away from reflective surfaces. Mine are all potted, but they do well here in temps down to the 40's. What you have that I do not is brilliant sun and hot dry winds.
I am currently growing Kleim's hardy and Veitchii. I have six starts of Veitchii.
-Joe
Breathe deep & tell us what smells wonderful in your garden
joegee, i'm going to try that. sounds easier than the cut, stick ,and keep moist method . love it!!!!! sally
Agree with Joe - I've noticed some Gardenias withstand the full sun much better then others. The Shooting Star, God bless her heart, is in direct sun all day - she seems to flourish in it. The Chuck Hayes and Kleims Hardy don't seem to appreciate it as much. Someone had a good suggestion last year - put something taller in front of it so that at least the roots are shaded but they still get the sun they need to grow and bloom. I've stuck my 3 gal EE pots in front of them....might add a few of the Plumie pots as well - since I know THEY love the sun. The one that someone sent me that "might" be Gardenia 'Mystery' - I have a pot partially shading it - as I'm not sure whether it'll be a sun lover or balk. It seems to be a guessing game esp. when they're babies - kinda need to be coddled a bit more.
David Austin- Golden Celebration. Brought some of these roses into the house yestsrday. Filled the air with a beautiful scent. What a rose is meant to be!
A volunteer vining petunia ~ it is sharing a wonderful scent in the evenings and early morns...
and I know there is a Brug forum but the fragrance on this NOID is wonderful. First blooms of the season....
So excited to be getting a few of those on trades....what's its scent like?
Ahhhh Chantell, my taste is all in my mouth. LOL
I am afraid I'm not eloquent enough to describe the fragrance. Not mouth watering exactly but... let me go sniff again....
If you're savvy enough to use the term eloquent - YOU most certainly can describe a scent....LOL HUGS
I have always thought they smell like Ivory soap with hints of this and that mixed in. I always love to hear what others think they smell like.
Pod, will you be going to the East Texas RU at the end of the month? I can bring you some Brug cuttings for you.
Caren
I have a lily that came up....it was sitting in my ylang ylang pot so I almost missed it except the smell was wafting out whenever I walked passed it, so I had to stop and find the source of the smell. Very pretty too.
Hmmm... you know, it strikes me as a clean scent but not sure I would have said Ivory. Interesting, let me go breath more deeply ~ LOL
Caren ~ no to the RU. That would scare me to no end! I would pull my hair out when I got home with all those plants in the heat of summer, nowhere to put them, needing to water them, wondering how I was going to overwinter them... LOL I appreciate the offer of cuttings but have trouble overwintering the pink, yellow and white NOIDs I already have. Thanks much for your generousity!
I don't have any recent pictures, but my Confederate Jasmine and my Double Delight rose smell wonderful right now.
Cool, you are still enjoying the Confederate jasmine! Mine has wound down.
Bloooming today, Stephan's jasmine. Mild, yet pleasant fragrance of perfume jasmine. :)
-Joe
One other view. So dainty.
-Joe
Chantall, what is the botanical name of your South African Jasmine?
Joanmary - tag from Kartuz reads Jasminium angulare
The one tagged as Jasminium floridum bloomed today - pretty sun shine yellow - scent very different from the "usual" jasmine...at least to my nose
Nice shots, joe!
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Chorus of Jasmines scents tonight...wish i'd thought to put ALL of them together on the shelf
Coming soon..pink Jasmine
Chantell, nice night shot! Pretty cool.
eww eww eww....I just came inside from watering and pottering around my garden taking in all the nice scents and trying to take pictures and I just found a 2ft snake skin that has been shedded.....I hate snakes! I'm from Australia and so many of the common snakes are very poisonous so I am a little...no VERY weary of snakes. I know it's part of nature but can't they be part of someone elses nature....like down the street more? I think it's time to get a cat....my dog is no help she was playing with the snake skin...eww...I think I'll stay inside today and chat to you guys.
Your lucky to have those jasmine's Chantell....I'm getting annoyed with mine...they just don't want to bloom...ie....Winter Jasmine, Poets Jasmine...although my Grand Duke is still going strong, this is my new favorite plant.
You said your yellow jasmine bloomed Jasminium floridum and that it was a very different from the "usual" jasmine....what does it smell like? is it nice at least? worth getting?
Joegee, thanks for the pics and description on the Stephan's jasmine, it's now on my ever-growing wish list.
Samantha - yes, the scent is nice...just different...wish I could be a tad more descriptive - ugh!! I do like its scent...not as much as my Maid of Orleans. I sent you a dmail
HEY I just got philadelphus "miniature snowflake". DELICIOUS! :)))
-Joe
Aglaia odorata, a lovely lemony scent!
Pardon my blurr its windy!
Not sure which Nicotiana but it very spicy!
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Four O'clocks, I thought I pulled them all out last year but, no...
And my very first ever Plumeria bloom! Im shocked that it smells rosie??
my plumeria is just showing signs of putting out . it didn't bloom last year ,but it did the year b-4. absolutely no scent. sally
Caren - that looks just like my 'Fragrant Cloud' Nicotiana - one of my favorite scents.
Tonight,
Peonies, only they're not in my garden anymore, they're in my kitchen. :)
-Joe
P.S. Ignore the dirty stove. :P
Here's the infamous 'Fragrant Cloud' - not "all that" to look at but the night fragrance is something
There is a rose called fragrant cloud. Had a beautiful one in CA that bloomed through Christmas. I have one here now in Oregon, but it has not done very well so far. I am hoping to have a few blooms, but nothing like my CA one. It was a strong smelling rose...but delicious!
This is a borrowed photo from my rose file.
Look! My "baby" Shooting Star gardenia from last year has become a "toddler" - filling out just a bit...3 blooms have opened so far...ahhhhh
Autumn Sunset
Midnight Blue
Moon shadow
and finally..Ebb Tide
Someone was up late!! I love the Autumn Sunset!
Chantell, what is "fragrant cloud"?It doesn't look like a gardenia.Mike