Gardenia cornuta - Natal Gardenia - Indigenous South African Shrub / Tree - 10 Seeds Bonsai Cutting the old stems back

Cutting the old stems back at the end of winter stimulates new growth suitable for harvesting

meaning "bladder"

it may grow up to 2 metres in height and 30 centimetres in width on the Central Plateau

Varies from dwarf multi-stemmed shrub to a 3m shrub with a single trunk with black bark and wide green to bluish-green leathery leaves

They come from South Africa

Gardenia cornuta - Natal Gardenia - Indigenous South African Shrub / Tree - 10 Seeds Bonsai Cutting the old stems backGardenia cornuta is a shrub or multi branched small tree, growing 3 to 5 m tall, with erect and spreading main branches, branchlets sometimes with thick thorns, a trunk that is whitish grey, the bark is smooth, often flaking into thin peels. Leaves are smooth and crowded at the ends of twigs, usually in whorls of three, light glossy green, short stalked, 20 30 mm long and broad, margins smooth; stipules joined to form a ring around the node. Flowers