Gardenia sp. 'Variegata' Native often half-tucked under the foliage

often half-tucked under the foliage like a quiet detail

shaped like the slender bill of a crane

A sheltered corner and a little sun are the whole of the asking

and spathulenol

and the red winter stems reward a close look

Gardenia sp. 'Variegata' Native often half-tucked under the foliageThis striking, rather upright gardenia is a Woodlanders introduction that has since become more widely available, grown less for bloom than for the boldly marked leaves. Each glossy leaf is splashed and margined in strong yellow, so the whole shrub reads as a soft fountain of gold and green, a rare thing among broadleaf evergreens and a bright note for a shaded corner. The plant came to us many years ago from Brookside Gardens in Maryland, who had