Creating fragrant gardens is simple with this compact, upright, easy-to-grow gardenia. Double, pure white, fragrant blooms emerge in late spring and rebloom through fall.
Southern Living Plant Collection tips on maximizing your gardenia blooms.
About Fool Proof™ Gardenia
Common Name
Fool Proof™ Gardenia
Scientific Name
Gardenia Hybrid 'Radcat3' PPAF
Average Size
Sun Exposure
Lena Olivetti –
First time planting these .I bought four for containers. They bloomed all summer.The fragrance was fantastic. I highly recommend these. For containers
Christy from Florida (verified owner) –
The Fool Proof Gardenias arrived healthy & in bloom. It’s the only compact & upright gardenia. An August Beauty Gardenia I planted splayed open showing me the difference. Fool Proof has small, narrow leaves. I heard Frost Proof can splay open making Fool Proof an improvement. Leaves were mostly green. For yellow leaves I add magnesium as that is a common deficiency in the soil here. I found an iron mineral supplement that helps also. I planted the gardenias two inches above grade, with the roots showing. For prevention I added worm castings to prevent white flies.
candylloyd1610 (verified owner) –
very healthy plant can’t wait to get this nice looking shrub in the ground.
CD (verified owner) –
I have ordered many plants. They all arrived healthy. And they have flower buds even early July. Very happy.
Frederic Kahler –
A lovely addition to the gardens. To avoid yellow leaves make sure the soil is slightly acidic and not alkaline, so try pine mulch. Blooms throughout the year.
Shirl (verified owner) –
Plants were gorgeous, nice round shape, loaded with buds and dark green leaves! Will order again from PBM
Sudhanshu Choudhary (verified owner) –
Plant had yellow leaves. Some buds have formed but there is quite a bit of bud drop.
Heath (verified owner) –
Plant was full but the leaves were quite yellow.
bankergaj (verified owner) –
Plants were very healthy and arrived on time. I will make Plants By Mail my place to go.