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CAPE JASMINE - Gardenias 
Old Southern favorite with glossy leaves and masses of waxey white blossoms, 
for foundation planting, massing, and for lawn specimens. 
tiveness. Cut flowers are exquisite. 
very fragrant. Attains excellent height 
Is one of the few heavy bloomers that give year around attrac- 
Masses of Cape Jasmine along property lines and for borders are always beautiful and 
their growth is so uniform that very striking informal hedges may be grown of Cape Jasmine alone, a remarkably beauti- 
ful planting, summer and winter. The characteristic plant of the South. 
known as the Gardenia of which romantic authors have written so freely. 
SPREADING TYPE 
Gardenia Plants 

Dwarf Gardenias are most useful to border 
walks, and fore-ground groups of a Formal 
Garden. They are green the year ’round, 
and produce a mass of tiny white scented 
flowers in the Spring. 
GRIFFING’S B&B 
GARDENIAS 
Dug from our heavy Black soil 
transplant easily, and will bloom 
heavy the first season after Planting. 
You will find too that our plants are 
free of White fly, and where grown 
in our heavy soil are free of nem- 
atode, 

Hardy Everblooming Cape Jasmine 
DWARF SPREADING 
Gardenia radicans prostrata 
nana 
Spreading habit. Small, pointed 
leaves about one-half inch wide, 
glossy green. Miniature Gardenia 
flowers, fragrant and snowy white; 
blooms early in the Spring and oc- 
casionally during the summer. Prefers 
neutral or acid soils. Grows better 
in full sun, but will grow in partial 
shade. Used for low groups and 
borders. 
SEMI-DWARF 
Gardenia stricta nana 
Semi-spreading habit. Leaves, dark 
green, about two inches long. May 
be grown in partial shade. Valuable 
for medium low groups or Founda- 
tion plantings. 
Class Min. Spread XXX 
xx 
BGB 18 in. Sprd. .$ 1.90 $ 2.40 
B&B 24 in. Sprd. . 2.40 2.90 
B&B 30 in. Sprd. . 2.90 3.80 
B&B 36 in. Sprd. . 3.80 5.50 
B&B 4 ft. Sprd. . 5.90 7.80 
FORTUNE Everblooming 
Cape Jasmine 
Gardenia fortunei 
Compact, bushy habit. Dark green 
foliage More hardy than the Florida. 
Blooms are medium size, waxy white 
and sweet scented, appearing in the 
Spring, and at intervals during the 
Summer. This is the variety so much 
in demand for the Gardens of the 
South, as well as in the North, 
when given proper protection. Does 
not like lime or alkali soils, 
FLORIDA Gardenia grandiflora 
Very bushy habit. Dark green, 
glossv foliage. Large, white waxy, 
sweet scented blooms. produced early 
in the Spring only. Will not thrive 
in lime soil: grows best in full sun. 
Class -Min. Height XX XXX 
B&R 21%. fr ....$ 2.25 $ 2.85 
B&B 3 ft eee 90 3.70 
B&B 4 ‘am oe Oo pete! 5.70 
B&B 5 ft TO 7.75 
B&B 6 Mig on as) Ae) 11.90 
GARDENIA FLOWERS: 
Are most attractive during the 
Spring months, and shrubs planted 
early will bloom the first year and 
more flowers each year to follow. 
When not in flower, shrubs are an 
attractive Evergreen in the Landscape 
planting. 
COTONEASTER 
FRANCHET C. franchet 
Semi-upright habit of growth, med- 
ium dull gray-green leaves, white un- 
derneath, dull red berries. 
Class Min. Spread . XX XXX 
B&B 3 ft. .....$ 2.70 $ 3.25 
B&B 4 ff. ..... 3.90 4.80 

Blooms highly valued in the North where it is 
Gardenia Flowers 

Blossoms of the Gardenia are most fragrant, 
and have many admirers during the Spring! 
CHERRY LAUREL 
Laurocerasus 
caroliniana 
WILD PEACH 
Southern laurel 
Cherry Laurel is one of the MOST 
VERSATILE of the Broadleaf Ever- 
greens. It may be used in the found- 
ation planting around a building, in 
border or group planting, for hedges, 
both formal and informal, and as 
specimens on the open lawn. 
Class Min. Height XX XXX 
B&B 3 ft. .....$ 3.20 $ 4.50 
B&B. v4cft) 2) 4:50 6.00 
B&B 5 ft. ..... 6.20 9.80 


Garden planting using Gardenias effectively 
