Gardenia sp. 'Daruma' prophouse-winter-2027 so the shrub earns a

so the shrub earns a place in the border even in the months without flowers

pond margins

Richard Jaynes at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

tart and high in vitamin C

the small creamy flowers are barely noticed

Gardenia sp. 'Daruma' prophouse-winter-2027 so the shrub earns a'Daruma' is a compact, dwarf gardenia, a dense little evergreen that holds a tidy dome the year round and fits the tight corners where a full sized gardenia would crowd. The name recalls the round, weighted Daruma dolls of Japan, and the plant keeps a similarly rounded, low habit that needs almost no shaping. Through the warm season the shrub opens single white flowers, small and clean faced against the dark foliage, carrying the sweet, far reaching