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Gardenia jasminoides 'Super Star'

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Rubiaceae

Gardenia jasminoides 'Super Star' is a compact shrub with small glossy green leaves. A hardy plant that produces many highly fragrant pinwheel-shaped white flowers, it is ideal for mass planting, as low hedges and borders in parks and gardens.

Full Sun

Moderate Water

Butterfly-Attracting Plant

Suitable for Bonsai

Fragrant Plant

Ornamental Flowers

Ornamental Leaves

Shrub

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Classifications and Characteristics

Plant Division	Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon)
Plant Growth Form	Shrub
Lifespan (in Singapore)	Perennial

Mode of Nutrition	Autotrophic
Plant Shape	Compact
Maximum Height	1 m
Maximum Plant Spread / Crown Width	1 m

Biogeography

Native Habitat	Terrestrial (Agricultural Land, Disturbed Area / Open Ground)
Preferred Climate Zone	Tropical
Local Conservation Status	Non-native (Horticultural / Cultivated Only)

Description and Ethnobotany

Growth Form	A low-growing compact shrub which grows to 1 m tall and 1 m wide.
Foliage	Narrow, oval to elliptical-shaped, glossy dark green leaves
Flowers	Fragrant, pinwheel-shaped flowers.

Cultivation	Plant grows best on well-draining soil. Apply fertilizer regularly to keep the shrub lush. Prune after flowering helps to promote new growth and create a bushy compact shrub.
Etymology	The genus Gardenia is named after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730 - 1791) who was an Anglo-American botanist. The specific epithet jasminoides means jasmine-like.

Landscaping Features

Landscaping	Ideal as border or low hedge and in mass planting.
Desirable Plant Features	Fragrant (Flowers) (Time Independent), Ornamental Flowers, Ornamental Foliage, Ornamental Form
Landscape Uses	Suitable for Bonsai, Container Planting, Flowerbed / Border, General, Groundcover, Parks & Gardens

Thematic Landscaping

Fragrant / Aromatherapy Garden

Fauna, Pollination and Dispersal

Fauna Pollination Dispersal Associated Fauna	Butterfly-Attracting Plant, Moth Food Plant
Pollination Method(s)	Abiotic
Seed or Spore Dispersal	Biotic (Fauna)

Plant Care and Propagation

Light Preference	Full Sun
Water Preference	Moderate Water
Plant Growth Rate	Moderate

Rootzone Tolerance	Easy to Grow, Moist Soils, Well-Drained Soils
Propagation Method	Stem Cutting

Foliar

Foliage Retention	Evergreen
Mature Foliage Colour(s)	Green
Mature Foliage Texture(s)	Glossy / Shiny

Prominent Young Flush Colour(s)	Green
Young Flush Texture(s)	Glossy / Shiny
Foliar Type	Simple / Unifoliate
Foliar Arrangement Along Stem	Whorled
Foliar Attachment to Stem	Petiolate
Foliar Shape(s)	Non-Palm Foliage (Elliptical, Oval)
Foliar Venation	Pinnate / Net
Foliar Margin	Entire - Wavy / Undulate
Foliar Apex - Tip	Apiculate
Foliar Base	Acute

Non - Foliar and Storage

Stem Type & Modification	Woody
Root Type	Underground

Floral (Angiosperm)

Flower & Plant Sexuality	Bisexual Flowers
Flower Colour(s)	White
Flower Texture(s)	Smooth

Flower Grouping	Solitary
Flower Location	Axillary
Flower Symmetry	Radial
Individual Flower Shape	Stellate / Star-shaped, Tubular
Flowering Period	Free-Flowering
Flowering Habit	Polycarpic

Fruit, Seed and Spore

Mature Fruit Colour(s)	Orange
Mature Seed Colour(s)	Brown

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Master ID	33939
Species ID	8355
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