Gardenia Questions

[junglegalfla]

So I have this Miami Supreme Gardenia that I inherited with the yard. I am not a fan as I hate the smell of their flowers. To me they smell like plastic and this tree always seems to produce too many buds, many of which fall prematurely making a mess. I know so many people belly ache about not having luck growing these. My experience is opposite, I can't kill the thing. I've hacked on it for the last 7 yrs. Last year I took the lower branches off in order to grow some broms under it. Now, I want the space back for a palm or two. I'd like to sell it on craigs list as a you dig out/haul kind of deal.

Questions:

1.) Do these transplant well

2.) What would be a fair price for this?

Thanks

[fiji jim]

Hi Bren,

At that size they do not transplant well so best cut it off near g/l and pour some weed killer on the fresh cut.

Finito.

Jim

[BS Man about Palms]

Kinda sad for me. The smell I remember fondly as my grandmother always had one in a dish when I visited her in Clearwater.... No smell like that in Colorado!

[fastfeat]

Damn, that's a shame, especially since it looks like it's grafted on G. thunbergia. (Grafted ones are much easier to grow on alkaline soils.) I've never moved one of this size, but I would think it could be done, especially if it could be rootpruned now and moved in say, about six months.

Personally, I'd put the thing up on craigslist and let some adventurous soul have a try at saving it. I don't know if you'd get much for it (mostly dig-it-yourself plants are usually freebies) but you won't get anything by simply axing it. Maybe ask for a few bags soil/mulch to fill the gap and a sixer of cold beer/bottle of wine to drink while you watch them dig...