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Nursery Direct
Florida Gardenia (Espalier)
Gardenia augusta ‘Florida’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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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.
Florida Gardenia (Espalier) - Gardenia augusta ‘Florida’
‘Florida’ is the workhorse gardenia in Australian gardens: compact, free-flowering over a long season, and more forgiving than the large-flowered selections. Trained as an espalier, it becomes a flat panel of glossy dark foliage studded with fragrant double white flowers, occupying only a few hundred millimetres of depth. This is the answer for a shaded courtyard wall that needs to be green year round and scented for half of it.
Why Florida Gardenia
Long flowering: Flowers from spring right through summer and into autumn in warmer districts, far longer than most flowering wall plants.
Shade performance: Happy in part shade, so it works on south and east facing walls where sun-lovers sulk.
Fragrance at close range: Trained flat against a wall in a small courtyard, the scent is concentrated rather than dispersed.
Compact growth: Naturally restrained, so it stays within the frame instead of constantly pushing out of it.
Established framework: Supplied already trained, giving immediate structure and coverage.
Ideal Applications
Shaded courtyard walls: Greens a difficult low-light surface that would otherwise stay bare.
Narrow entry beds: Fits a planting strip too shallow for a freestanding shrub.
Fence panels: Softens boundary fencing with evergreen foliage and seasonal perfume.
Screening beside windows: Provides privacy without blocking the whole outlook.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.2 to 1.5m between espaliers for continuous cover
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2 to 2.5m for individual panels
Best Planting Season: Spring and early autumn
Soil & Drainage: Acidic, rich and moisture-retentive but free draining. Lime leaching from mortar or concrete is a common cause of yellowing on wall-trained gardenias, so improve the soil generously and avoid planting flush against fresh masonry.
Establishment Care: Water deeply two or three times weekly through the warm months, keeping moisture even so buds do not drop. Mulch with composted pine bark, feed with an acid fertiliser in spring and midsummer, and tie new shoots onto the frame while they are still flexible.
Plant Details
Height: 1.5 to 2m as trained
Width: 1.2 to 1.8m across the frame
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Part shade to filtered sun; protect from hot afternoon exposure
Native to: Southern China and Japan (species)
Flower Colour: White, fully double, fragrant, spring to autumn
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.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
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.







