Gardenia jasminoides "Yellow" David Geiger and mulled drinks

and mulled drinks

moist woodland

Bees and butterflies work the flowers all summer

The harsh species name

and deer tend to pass the fine foliage by

Gardenia jasminoides "Yellow" David Geiger and mulled drinksThe gardenia needs little introduction to a Southern gardener: glossy evergreen leaves and thick, waxen, intensely fragrant flowers that perfume a whole summer evening. This selection, grown simply as the Yellow gardenia, adds a twist, for the blooms open creamy white and deepen with age to a rich butter yellow, so a single shrub can carry both colors at once against the dark foliage. Gardenia jasminoides belongs to the coffee and madder family,