Tabernaemontana coronaria

I'v had a gardenia (yellow) all summer , Alex , but the flowers have all dropped before opening . Do you think that it has been too wet for it here ?
I've brought it indoors now .

Probably, gardenias are a little fussy I think. They don't want the soil too dry but they don't like it too wet either. I put all the plates from under the pots away this week.

I would love a yellow Gardenia.

Alexandramou:

I think this is gardenia. Check out my Tabernaemontana pics.

http://www.growsonyou.com/Delonix1/photos/Tabernaemontana

If you want a yellow-flowering Gardenia, see if you can get Gardenia carinata. It's from Malaysia. It's not very hardy, though. It grows here as a small shrub...in Hawai'i it becomes a large, spreading tree to more than 40ft (12m) tall.

This is what the plant and flower looks like.

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Apocynaceae/Tabernaemontana_diva.html
(last pic, bottom of page)

I wish I would have taken a pic of my sis-in-laws plant when it was in flower.

I want every type of Gardenia I can get my hands on. ;o)))

....then I found this:

http://www.almostedenplants.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=465

It appears you have a Tabernaemontana coronaria.

I used to have one many years ago. It has really sweetly fragrant flowers, which only smell at night.

I will post a pic again with a flower.

Alexandramou:

Does it have flower buds?

I think my sis-in-law's has a flower bud.

That's great! It's a wonderful plant...and the flowers smell go good at night.