Gardenia jasminoides "Yellow" David Geiger Bees and butterflies work the

Bees and butterflies work the flowers all summer

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and deer tend to pass the fine foliage by

The plant belongs to the Daphniphyllaceae

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Gardenia jasminoides "Yellow" David Geiger Bees and butterflies work theThe gardenia needs little introduction to a Southern gardener: glossy evergreen leaves and thick, waxen, intensely fragrant flowers that perfume a whole summer evening. This selection, grown simply as the Yellow gardenia, adds a twist, for the blooms open creamy white and deepen with age to a rich butter yellow, so a single shrub can carry both colors at once against the dark foliage. Gardenia jasminoides belongs to the coffee and madder family,