Gardenias do smell lovely. Maybe that’s what I’ll plant in my front yard. I have a rectangular bed in front of the front patio, and it has a center of tulips, and hyacinths surrounded by miniature roses.
However, the roses have gone down hill, and hubby wants me to choose something else. While I would like to keep the plants rather short for neatness, I would also like to have a really good smelling plant with pretty flowers.
I chose this particular Gardenia because it is frost proof. While San Diego doesn’t get a lot of frost, we’re being promised colder/damper weather this winter and I want to be able to have the plant on my back lanai - where the air might be cooler.