The August Beauty Gardenia is a classic cultivar to bring glossy evergreen foliage to landscapes and heavenly floral aromas from late Spring into Summer. The August Beauty is an upright and dense shrub that blooms with elegant pure white fragrant blooms. The White blooms as they mature and dry out will take on lovely golden-yellow hues. These tough Gardenia shrubs are heat and humidity tolerant and will rarely be bothered by deer. These beautiful Gardenia shrubs work well in many garden themes and are commonly used as accents hedges foundations and specimen plantings. This Gardenia will thrive in USDA Zones 8-11 in Full Sun to partial shade and prefers acidic well-draining garden soil. Pruning is rarely required but when necessary we recommend trimming in late summer after the bloom cycles have finished. August Beauty Gardenias should be fertilized in Spring with an acidic fertilizer mix. ---------- This item includes: One 2.5 Gallon August Beauty Gardenia Shrub (live plant) in a plastic pot with soil. The pot will be wrapped in a poly bag to retain moisture and hold any soil that shakes loose in shipping. The plant will be shipped in a cardboard box that has been designed to hold the plant in place to reduce any chance of damage in transit. As soon as the plant arrives it should be unpackaged un-bagged and watered. --------These plants ship from the Gulf Coast of Alabama. We recommend that customers outside of the Southeastern United States order during the milder times of year (Spring/Fall) to prevent heat/cold stress during transit.