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Hardy Gardenia update

Posted by Ron (DE Zone 7a) on September 20, 2009, 11:27:36

If you scroll down the messages on this forum you will see I have a "Not so Hardy" Gardenia posting from May 2nd, with some post-winter photos of my gardenias.

Here are the same plants, after a summer growing season. Both "Kleims Hardy" Gardenias recovered fairly well, from "near death" looking last spring. Here they are now:

Both have recovered fairly well - although not enough to bloom this season. So this winter, we'll see if they survive any better, after another year in the ground.

Here is my "Grifs Select". It did better, hardiness-wise, than the "Kleims Hardy" though it has a somewhat better location with a 4 foot fence behind it.

My "Grifs" did bloom this year and is now more than double the size it was in spring. My suspicion is that "Grifs" is hardier here than "Kleims". My "Frostproof" also survive but with alot of dieback, like the "Kleims" - though it is in even a lass favorable micro-climate.

A new gardenia I am trying I purchased as Willey's Market in Odessa, Delaware. It was identified simply as "Local Hardy Gardenia". It is already double the size of this photo (from May). It has very large leaves and has a double flower - will report on that next spring!

I think hardier gardenias will be good candidates to try "FreezePruf" on in Zone 7a since a little extra leaf and stem hardiness may be all they need (since they do well right in Zone 7b). I also don't think gardenias like a lot of winter cover. So I will experiment with FreezePruf on these, especially the "Kleims".

I also think Freezepruf might be something to try on the more tender Camellia varieties (those rated 7b or 8a), since they are also plants which don't really like being covered but may need a little extra leaf hardiness. I plan to try Freezepruf on those as well.

Message Thread:

Hardy Gardenia update - Ron (DE Zone 7a) September 20, 2009, 11:27:36
- Re: Hardy Gardenia update - Steve B in Florence, NJ 6B September 20, 2009, 15:38:41
  - Re: Hardy Gardenia update - Ron (DE Zone 7a) September 20, 2009, 17:16:23
- Re: Hardy Gardenia update - Joe K September 20, 2009, 23:38:26
  - Re: Hardy Gardenia update - KarenSJ7 September 21, 2009, 15:56:24
    - Re: Hardy Gardenia update - Ron (DE Zone 7a) September 21, 2009, 22:39:31
    - very nice! - Joe K September 22, 2009, 14:34:46
  - Re: Hardy Gardenia update - Ron (DE Zone 7a) September 21, 2009, 22:54:59
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