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Gardenia Thunbergia
Gardenia Thunbergia
Family: Rutaceae
Common Name: Thunbergia gardenia
Climate Zone: USDA zones 10A-11
Origin: South Africa
Flowering season: Spring
Salt Tolerance: Low
Soil requirements: Acid
Nutritional requirements: Medium
Light requirements: High
Major problems: Nematodes
and
Iron deficiency
Common uses: Flowering shrub
This evergreen shrub with
simple, green leaves and white flowers grows at a medium rate to a height of about ten
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Gardenia Thunbergia
feet. It has a high drought tolerance and can be propagated by cuttings. Look for the
nematode resistant gardenias grafted onto Gardenia jasminoides rootstock.
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