Common Name: Gardenia, Common Gardenia, Cape Jasmine

Scientific Name: Gardenia jasminoides

Family: Rubiaceae

Serendipity Ranch

Columbus, North Carolina

June, 2002

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White, intensely fragrant flowers contrast sharply with shiny, leathery, dark green leaves. Double forms are classic corsage blooms. Common gardenia is native to China. [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]

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