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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love my Gardenias.  They smell amazing and grow wide and tall.  Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.[/quote]

What variety have you had this success with?  Zone 7 is a bit borderline for most gardenias, but i am interested in exploring.[/quote]

The frost free one.  Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.[/quote]

Thanks for the variety.  I've been reading up on this online, but feel that in many plant write-ups in general the authors elide over possible problems.  Frost Free variously is listed at up to zone 7 or zone 6--zone 6 feels a safer choice in DC given we are are not so far from the the zone 7 limit.  How tall have your Frost Frees grown?[/quote]

I love gardenias, but even the so called hardy ones that I planted died during the polar vortex (3 years ago?) I replanted, and we got another cold winter. I then gave up. They would have survived the winter we just had, but you are taking a chance. My neighbor had lots of big old gardenias that she lost during the polar vortex.

The knockout roses are good and relatively easy to care for, if you like flowers. [/quote]

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