[peanut1]

I have a strip of soil about 50cm from the side of the pool. It's about 8 metres long and about 50cm wide. DH wants to grow a row of gardenias there or gardenias alternated with another plant.
I'm not convinced about gardenias. I used to have one in a pot and it always got woody and yellow (ok, I was pretty hopeless about looking after it).
I always think they are high maintenance plants and I want something that is going to require very little maintenance, is evergreen and doesn't drop too many leaves/petals.
What does everyone think?

We have agapanthus and photyinia on one side of the pool and a row of lavender bushes on another side of the pool.

[hollybeagle1981]

Gardenias are one of my absolute fav flowers. They smell so lovely! We had a hedge of gardenias at my parents house.. it didn't require any looking after, but we lived in the tropics. Not sure what is best growing conditions.

Love Kristi

[iluvroses]

oohhhh... gardenias rival roses as my favourite garden scent! They prefer acid soils, but other than that, I find them to be very low maintenance plants.

[anon60]

Very allergic to them! They look pretty but give me sinus.

[peanut1]

Thanks for the replies, I think I will be doing alternate bushes of gardenias and either mini agapanthus or bearded lilies in between. I really want something that provides some nice green foliage along the fence and is low maintenance.