Jubilation Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides ‘Lee One’ · a reblooming white gardenia
A compact gardenia with highly fragrant double white flowers in late spring and again into fall, lovely by a walk or patio, as a low hedge or in a pot. It's hardier than the older gardenias, and deer leave it alone. Give it acid, well-drained soil and some afternoon shade, since full sun can scorch the leaves.
- Mature size
- 3.5 × 3.5 ft
- 1.1 × 1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–10b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- May–Sep
Jubilation Gardenia at its mature size
A mature Jubilation Gardenia grows 3 to 4 feet tall and just as wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Drawn as Gardenia, sized as Jubilation Gardenia.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Clemson Extension, The Tree Center.
Growing Jubilation Gardenia
- Grows well in
- The Southeast and California.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, and shade garden
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- China, Japan, and Taiwan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Jubilation Gardenia, that’s about 3.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Jubilation Gardenia in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other gardenias
Double Mint GardeniaJubilation GardeniaGardeniaAll drawn to the same scale.