Jasminum sambac

This is nice, how old is it?

It smells gorgeous Drc726. I bought the plant last summer.

grown well in a year.

I can nearly smell it from here - brings back lovely memories of warm evenings in Greece with Jasmine perfume in the air.

Honeysuckle is another reminder of warm balmy evenings!

It looks great! It makes a good hedge. I've seen many used as hedges here in San Diego.

A hedge is a great idea.....oh the smell of soooo many flowers!!!
I love this one, it's next to my balcony doors and I get to smell it all the time!

I am sooooo envious!!

You can always visit Corfu again.....

Alexandramou:

Yes, I do love the smell; it reminds me of Hawai'i.

I should buy a few for the front yard...as I love the fragrant flowers. It's very common and really cheap at the big box stores here in San Diego, CA.

I want to buy a couple for the garden and plant them near the seating are.

That sounds like a good idea.

Step one done.....new Gardenia planted near seating area.
Step two.....next.

I am trying to grow a gardenia in a pot. It looks good at the moment, lovely glossy leaves & 2 fat buds, but I only got it this year, so I hope I can keep it growing! I did try one a couple of years ago, but didn't have much success - I still have it but it just doesn't seem to grow much at all!!!!! It doesn't look dead, but it doen't look very lively either!!

Alexandramou:

That's great! So you'll have Gardenia and Arabian Jasmine by your seating area...it'll be overwhelmingly fragrant there. :>)

Shirwhirl:

Gardenia plants only do well in pots with very acidic soil. If the soil is too alkaline the leaves turn yellow and fall off. Gardenia loves a lot of heat!

There is a honeysuckle plant near there as well!!!

I've been beating my head all summer trying to think of who I know that could give me used coffee grounds to add to the soil. Sometimes our minds just don't work. I was talking to a friend of mine telling her how good coffee grounds are......and then I looked at her t-shirt (she had come to see me right after she finished work).......BANG, right in my face. My god-daughters father owns a beach bar and my son works there as well.....how much thinking did that take?????

Anyway.....I'm a happy chappy now....I get a bag of used coffee grinds every evening (except when my son forgets it).

Yes, coffee grounds are perfect for any acid-loving plant, shrub or tree.