Gardenia Varieties: Different Gardenia Types For Home and Garden
Home»Shrubs»Gardenia Gardenia trees and shrub are members of theRubiaceaeor Rubia tinctorum family . The plant hails from China , the Pacific Islands , and Africa . The name honors Dr. Alexander Garden , an eighteenth - century Scottish zoologist , and botanist who lived in South Carolina in the mid-1700s . Gardenia jasminoides blooms | mangkelin1-DepositPhotos The estimable Dr. was in correspondence with Linnaeus , the Swedish plant scientist specializing in gardenias ....