Joy,, did you try some of the local garden centers like Laura Ann farms in Monroe, The Landscape on 17k or even Fair Acre Farms on Union Ave??

Valerie

Hi Valleygirl;

No, I haven't as yet, I just heard about Hardy Gardenia the other day and haven't been out as yet.

Where is the landscape on 17K? I'm really going to have to get out soon and check around.

Thanks valleygirl!!

JoyW

Joy,, it is a great garden center. I go there alot in the spring to get all kinds of plants. They even have garden dacore(sp?), patio furniture, and pond supplies including plants and fish. If you know where Dury la. is off of 207 take that to the end. Thet puts you on 17k. Make a left. Go up a few miles pass 84 entrance ramp and it will be on your left. If you are coming from Union ave. Make a left(where the new Lowes is) and it will be a few miles up on your right. I also get my 1/2 whiskey barrels there. I think it is 2 for $30. That Harty Gardenia sounds interesting.. Let me know if you find one.

Valerie

Hi Val;

Thanks so much! It looks like We're going to find some new Garden Centers this year...I can hardly wait!!

Oh, Pennings is now open I see.. I'm feeling much better even though a lot of snow is hanging around up here yet. But I can feel Sring acomin'.

Joy,, what and where is Pennings?
Val

Val;

The pennings in Salisbury Mills is on rt. 94 on the lefthand side, just before Cumberland Farm and the Cornwall train Station.

Roe orchard in Blooming Grove off rt. 94, I haven't brrn to yet

The one in Warwick is also on Rt. 94, I beleive in or just outside of Warwick, but before Vernon, NJ.

Liz5 knows of a few more over her way also. I think there are some others in Monroe, chester, New Windsor and Newburgh. Not to mention a few miles further in any direction. LOL

I sent a page to you of a few listed not to far from us.

JoyW

Silly me ,, now that you mentioned it, I know just where Pennings is. I got gas at the Cumberland farms just this Sat. I saw they were opened but did not have time to stop. Yes I got the list you sent. Thanks. There are a few on the list I go to and a few I did not know were there. Some places that I go to I do not know the names of but know how to get there. We do need to compair list.

Valerie

Hi Val and Joy the Pennings in Warwick on RT94 is a very good place to buy plants . On the left hand side of Pennings there is two more nursery The Generals Garden and the other name has slip my mind, will let you know when I remember it. Liz5

Hi Val and Liz5;

We'll have to get a good comparision list and make the rounds sometimes. LOL

Have a Great week!!

JoyW

purchased a frost proof gardenia from e-bay. it has blommed 1x, nice 2-3 in blooms, fragrant. it has had 2 more blooms this week. it gets about 4-5hrs sun early morning from 8am until about 1pm. i planted it in april, so far so good. email tardevil@wholesalplant.biz

I am growing a hardy gardenia in Seattle in a pot on my deck. Have had it 2 years, and this year it was absolutely covered with blooms. So fragrant! Am transplanting it to a larger pot today. It is great!I heartily recommend it.

Mine was doing great in a pot and all of a sudden the leaves started turning brown!! Too much water, not enough. Too much sun?? I moved it out of the sun to a shady area that only gets like an hour of sun. Anybody have anysuguestions? I'm going to feed it this week-end.

Well, I've killed four "hardy" gardenias, even over-wintering them indoors, in the last 4 years. I'm in Zone 6, Chappaqua to be exact. I think they are just really difficult plants! They hate my soil. They hate cold, obviously. They hate direct warm air currents. They hate direct sun. And so on. I think I'm giving up on them since they've thus far been an expensive folly for me. :( If you find something that does work, please let us know! I love their scent and their beautiful glossy leaves, but I just can't handle killing yet another innocent beauty!

I planted one and it died over the winter. It was in a protected zone 6 microclimate on the south side of my house. I even mulched it after it froze. I give up. I just sniff them now at the garden center. Even in the house they are too buggy for me. For the similar smell, go with tuberoses.

I planted two of the new hardy hybrids 'Crown Jewel' at the beginning of January, Olympia, WA, which is just a tiny bit colder than Seattle. It was a colder Winter than usual, 16-18 inches of snow in early February. Temperatures probably went down to 14 °F. They survived. I am surprised at how well they survived. Did not lose any leaves, and as things warmed up the leaves turned back to a healthy green color.

(This was in a semi-protected spot though, south-facing side of house).

This is only climate zone 8a, but it still is pretty far north in a cool climate, so I wasn't sure how it would go.

The gardenias were completely burried under snow for about a week.