1 Gallon Gardenia August Beauty Shrub

Update Nov/9: After 6 months, my gardenia is going strong. I repotted it into a slightly bigger pot and left it out on my south-facing deck all summer. Though the description says it blooms mid-spring into summer, mine didn’t. For the first 3 months or so, the leaves kept yellowing and shedding, but new leaves kept growing as well. I brought it inside and put it by the south-facing patio door nearly 2 months ago. It adapted well and has been producing buds. I’m having more than 2 dozen buds right now, and more are coming I believe. The first bud bloomed yesterday, filling the house with a beautiful fragrance. I’m glad I bought in the first place.By the way, this plant was infected with aphids (green bugs that feed on new growth of buds and leaves). So check yours carefully when you receive it. I was inexperienced and didn’t check mine carefully. When I discovered a few days later, the bugs had already spread. I’ve been spraying and wiping the infected areas with neem oil and distilled vinegar but they keep coming back. Now I check every day to kill off any aphid I found to keep them under control. Seems like they’re here to stay :(.Update 5/15: I'm now on my 2nd blossom. The first one (attached pictures) lasted about a week and was incredibly fragrant. Even after deadheaded, it still smells awesome. I'm drying them all. The plant has lost a lot of leaves, but overall it still looks healthy.Original review: I'm one of those selfish people who benefit from others' reviews yet rarely write one. This time I have to write one since I'm so happy about this little gardenia plant. I was a bit skeptical & hesitant ordering it from Amazon because there were only 4 reviews, even though all of the reviews gave a 5-star rating. But I'm so glad I took the chance and ordered it anyway. The plant arrived today in perfect condition. The tips were bent since they were taller than the box, but luckily no damage done. There were some yellow leaves and quite a few with lots of black spots on them. However, the rest look green and lustrous. And my oh my, there are 15, yes you read it right, 15 buds. All of the buds are big and look very healthy. I can't wait for the buds to bloom into beautiful fragrant flowers. The plant stood 25 inches tall from the bottom of the pot it came in. Overall, this is one of those perfect buys that makes my heart jump with joy. I've never had a gardenia before and since I live in zone 4, I'll have to keep it in a container and mostly indoors (except in the summer where it will be on our deck). I just read about how to tend to a gardenia indoors and it seems this plant is a bit too high-maintenance, as well as easily susceptible to diseases. Anyway, I hope I'll be able to keep it alive.

Just love this plant. Came in very healthy. It's bloomed several times. Just keeps growing. Very happy with this purchase.

Wonderful. Will order again live plants

When I got it wrapped in a very secure package . it was fresh and ready to plant on the patio corner . now every day i checked it and as day one it is healthy and fresh and i hope soon will enjoy the heavenly smell of jasmine .Thank you for such a professional product . I definitely order more from this Amazon Shop.

The plant arrived quickly on a Saturday morning, well packaged and very healthy. It’s a lot larger, taller than I figured would be shipped well worth the money. I am going to check to see what else this shipper…seller sells! Very happy with plant.

Just received leaves are dark green in good condition but no flowers. Hope it blooms soon, will update again once it blooms.Update: Sad they died I’m a green thumb. After first review they started dying and I tried to save them. Waste of. money it’s a 50/50 when you buy online plants if they will live.

Not blooming, no buds. Misleading photo

On the smaller size but still pretty.