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Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

The frost free one. Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.

Do they need special treatment in winter?

No. Only when it snowed a lot I gently banged off the snow from the top and sides. And I fertilize in the spring.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

The frost free one. Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.

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?

Mine are on year two and have almost doubled in size. Probably 2.5 feet tall and wide? They say they can grow to 4'.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

The frost free one. Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.

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?

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.

Anonymous wrote:What are conditions? What height?

Skip laurel aren't hugely expensive, grow well in sun, are evergreen, thick (if you're hoping to hide views) and don't require much care once established.

(We put some in about 5 years ago and they're over 8 feet tall now)

I was going to recommend skip laurels. Ours are thick and beautiful. I have to cut about a foot off of them several time a year. I love hydrangeas, but they need lots of water. Mine are loving life this spring, but some years it's a struggle to keep them from drooping.

Anonymous wrote:What are conditions? What height?

Skip laurel aren't hugely expensive, grow well in sun, are evergreen, thick (if you're hoping to hide views) and don't require much care once established.

(We put some in about 5 years ago and they're over 8 feet tall now)

+1

These are good if you want some height quickly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

The frost free one. Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.

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?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

The frost free one. Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.

Do they need special treatment in winter?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

The frost free one. Saw them at Johnsons in DC today.

Anonymous wrote:I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.

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

I love my Gardenias. They smell amazing and grow wide and tall. Beautiful white flowers that knock me over with their fragrance.