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Aimee Yoshiba Gardenia (Standard)
Gardenia augusta ‘Aimee Yoshiba’
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Supplied in 45L
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Aimee Yoshiba Gardenia (Standard) - Gardenia augusta ‘Aimee Yoshiba’
‘Aimee Yoshiba’ carries the largest flowers of the commonly grown gardenias, fully double white blooms of 100mm or more with the heavy sweet perfume the genus is famous for. Grown as a standard, the plant is worked onto a clear single stem with a rounded head of foliage on top, so it delivers that flower and scent at nose height rather than down among the mulch. Gardenia augusta is fussier than most shrubs about soil and root temperature, and the standard form concentrates that requirement into one small root zone, so siting matters.
Why Aimee Yoshiba Gardenia
Flower size: Blooms are noticeably larger than those of ‘Florida’ or ‘Radicans’, closer to a formal camellia in scale.
Perfume: Intensely fragrant, and the raised head puts the scent at head height beside a seat or doorway.
Trained shape: A clear stem with a clipped ball head gives instant formality and lifts the eye off the ground plane.
Glossy foliage: Deep green lacquered leaves look good even between flushes.
Long season: The main flush runs through spring and summer, with scattered flowers into autumn in warm districts.
Ideal Applications
Matched entry pair: Two standards flanking a doorway or gate is the classic use.
Feature pots: Suits a large glazed container on a sheltered, part-shaded terrace.
Beside outdoor seating: Positioned where the evening perfume can be enjoyed at close range.
Formal courtyard planting: Repeated standards give rhythm above a low clipped hedge or groundcover.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not suited to hedging in this form; allow 1.5m if repeated in a row
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2 to 2.5m
Best Planting Season: Spring and early autumn, avoiding frost and peak heat
Soil & Drainage: Acidic, humus-rich, moist and free draining. Alkaline soil, lime near footings and cold wet feet all cause yellowing and bud drop, so improve the bed with compost and avoid planting hard against fresh concrete.
Establishment Care: Water deeply two or three times a week through the warm months and never let the root ball dry out while buds are swelling. Mulch with composted bark to keep roots cool, feed with an acid-loving plant fertiliser in spring and midsummer, and stake the stem until the head is self-supporting.
Plant Details
Height: 1.4 to 1.8m as a standard
Width: 0.8 to 1.2m across the head
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Morning sun with afternoon shade; avoid hot western exposure
Native to: Southern China and Japan (species)
Flower Colour: White, ageing to cream, strongly fragrant, spring into summer
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
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- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







