Chuck Hayes Gardenia Review
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Chuck hayes gardenia review. No matter where you live you will love chuck hayes gardenia. I came to know this is hard for zone 7. Quart size plant shipped in plastic bag or 3 pot. Gardenia jasminoides chuck hayes sku 3771 a beautiful evergreen shrub that features classic large sweetly fragrant velvety white gardenia flowers and lustrous dark green foliage but with the added benefit of an increased cold tolerance.
A nicely rounded form useful as a low hedge or screen or as an accent for entryways. I am in fairfax va. Chuck hayes is supposed to be particularly suited for the pnw. The fragrance is pure gardenia.
The plant looks healthy with several small buds. I purchased them locally after reserching local nurseries. This may be because it tolerates the hot dry summers better or it may be it is able to grow a bit better in the cooler earlier part of the growing season perhaps because it s one of the few hardy varieties that s not dwarfed in growing habit. Grows 2212 feet tall and 4 feet wide with fully double blooms over a long period.
This versatile shrub is more tolerant of hot and cold temperatures than earlier gardenia cultivars and is a free bloomer as well. Selected from a cross between kleim s hardy and chuck hayes. I have just ordered a gardenia chuck hayes and potted it in 8inch pot. Chuck hayes has been growing in my southern virginia yard in an eastern exposure for about six years and it is about three and a half feet by three and a half.
Cape jasmine chuck hayes chuck hayes cape jasmine cape jessamine chuck hayes noted for its cold hardiness and heat tolerance gardenia jasminoides chuck hayes cape jasmine is a medium sized evergreen shrub with thick lustrous lance shaped dark green leaves and highly fragrant double ivory white flowers 2 3 in. On may 7 2009 wendymadre from petersburg va wrote. 1 gallon chuck hayes gardenia gorgeous white blooms and glossy green leaves. I have planted chuck hayes gardenia this spring.
Prices ranged from 29 99 per 1 gallon pot plant to 5 99 per 1 gallon pot plant or 10 for 55 00. I have never had any pest or disease problems and chuck even reblooms for me in the fall.