Fool Proof Gardenia from the Southern Living Plant Collection is an evergreen, blooming shrub with many blooms and an unmistakable gardenia fragrance. Fool Proof is an upright, compact variation of the popular Frost Proof gardenia. Fool Proof buds out in the spring and produces double white flowers to fill your landscape with fragrance. Once those flowers drop, this gardenia will bud up again and rebloom through fall. This gardenia has elongated foliage that emerges a light kelly green that matures to a darker hue. It matures to 3 ft. to 4 ft. tall x 3 ft. W, making it a great hedge, mass planting, border, or mixed bed. Fool Proof is hardy in USDA zones 7 to zone 10. Plant it in the full sun to achieve an optimal bloom. This gardenia prefers acidic, well-drained soil. You can fertilize your gardenia in early spring and again in the summer with a fertilizer meant for acid-loving plants.