Cape Jasmine, Common Gardenia Gardenia jasminoides - Jasminum capense

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Botanical Name:

Gardenia jasminoides

Family:

Rubiaceae

Genus:

Gardenia

Species:

jasminoides

Common Name:

Cape Jasmine, Common Gardenia

Seeds Per Pound:

114,900

Quantity:

8.14 lb

Germination:

52%

Germination Test Type:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

78%

Height:

4-6 feet

Collection Locale:

China

Crop Year:

2023

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

In Stock: 8.14 lb

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Characteristics

Ornamental shrub

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.

Stratification: none required.

Germination: sow seed 1/16" deep, tamp the soil, lightly mulch the seed bed.

In a Nutshell:

* Gardenia jasminoides, (common gardenia, cape jasmine or cape jessamine) is an evergreen flowering plant of the family Rubiaceae. It originated in Asia and is most commonly found growing wild in Vietnam, Southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Myanmar and India.

* With its shiny green leaves and heavily fragrant white summer flowers, it is widely used in gardens in warm temperate and subtropical climates, and as a houseplant in temperate regions.

* It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century.

* Gardenia jasminoides is a shrub with greyish bark and dark green shiny evergreen leaves with prominent veins. The white flowers bloom in spring and summer and are highly fragrant. They are followed by small oval fruit.

* Evidence of Gardenia jasminoides in cultivation in China dates to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), where both wild and double-flowered forms have been depicted in paintings, such as those of the Song Emperor Huizong, and the Tenth century artist Xu Xi.

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The fruit is used as a yellow dye, which is used for clothes and food (including the Korean mung bean jelly called hwangpomuk).

* Gardenia jasminoides fructus (fruit) is used within Traditional Chinese Medicine to "drain fire" and thereby treat certain febrile conditions.

* G. jasminoides has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. more...

Usda description:

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Cape Jasmine, Common Gardenia Gardenia jasminoides - Jasminum capense

Gardenia jasminoides

Rubiaceae

Gardenia

jasminoides

Cape Jasmine, Common Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides

Evergreen Plant

Medicinal

Acid Loving Plant

Flowering Shrub

Fragrant

Indoor Plant

Dye Plant

Low PH

Ornamental shrub