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I don’t think I’ve seen gardenias growing in Ireland. They wouldn’t grow here… it is a tropical tree, after all. Louise’s photo (Louise Docker Photography) shows an impressive flower with white, thick, large petals. I’d say it smells gorgeous…
Wikipedia comes to the rescue, so for any other readers that don’t know much about this flower, I’ve put together a few facts…
- Gardenia was named after Dr. Alexander Garden (1730-1791), a Scottish-born American naturalist.
- It is the national flower of Pakistan.
- It can be cultivated as a house plant, but it demands quite special conditions. It is a princess, after all 
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Inspiration
White Gardenia Flower Crochet Pattern
INSTRUCTIONS:
Yarn: cotton thread colour A= white, colour B= dark yellow, colour C= yellow
Crochet hook: 2.5mm
Details of components:
- round shape petals laid in rows; petals are larger in the lower row
- big yellow stigma in the centre and 6 darker yellow stamens.
METHOD:
Lower Row of Petals (6pcs.)
Start: using A and 2.5mm hook, work 17ch
R1: make 1sc in 2nd ch from hook, 14sc = 15sc, 1ch
R2: in front loop only, make 1sc, 1hdc, 2dc, 2tr, 8dtr, 1dc, (1sc, 1picot, 1sc), turn and continue on the other side with 1dc, 8dtr, 2tr, 2dc, 1hdc, 1sc, 3ch. Repeat from Start to R2, 5times = 6 petals.
Middle Row of Petals (3pcs.)
Start: using A and 2.5mm hook, work 14ch
R1: make 1sc in 2nd ch from hook, 11sc = 12sc, 1ch
R2: in front loop only, make 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1tr, 6dtr, 1tr, 1dc, (1sc, 1picot, 1sc), turn and continue on the other side with 1dc, 1tr, 6dtr, 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc, 1sc, 2ch. Repeat from Start – R2, 2times = 3 petals.
Upper Row of Petals (3pcs.)
Start: using A and 2.5mm hook, work 11ch
R1: make 1sc in 2nd ch from hook, 8sc = 9sc, 1ch
R2: in front loop only, make 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1tr, 3dtr, 1tr, 1dc, (1sc, 1picot, 1sc), turn and continue on the other side with 1dc, 1tr, 3dtr, 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc, 1sc, 2ch. Repeat from Start – R2, 2times = 3 petals. Change to B, finish off A.
Stamens
(R1: using B, make 6ch, turn, make 5sl st, 1ch)x6. Change to C, finish off B.
Stigma
- using C, make 4ch, join with sl st and continue in round
R1: 1ch, 6sc in ring, join with sl st;
R2: 1ch, 6sc, join with sl st; R3: same as R2; R4: same as R2
R5: 1ch, (skip 1st, 1sc)x3 = 3sc, skip 1 st, 1sl st. Finish off and hide the tails.
Assembly
Start building up the flower by laying 3 large petals, first, then lay another 3 petals in between the petals from the first row. We continue with the next petals in the same way, then the stamens and finally the stigma. Thread A and secure the petals in the centre of the flower.
White Gardenia is ready!
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_Camelia
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The freesia reminds me of my Nana’s place as they where everywhere and the gardenia is one of the flowers I love and I have two outside the kitchen window so in spring time the kitchen smells nice…They are getting a bit battered with the cold winds here in Queensland as it’s winter here.
Fresias are my favourite spring flowers. So delicate, but so powerful with their mesmerising perfume.
You are incredible! Thank you again! Would you like to have me send you some photos of flowers? I live in Greece, so I might have some you don’t.
Hi Katerina,
that would be lovely. Do you have a Facebook account? You can post your photos on my Meli Bondre page. Just follow the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Meli-Bondre/203165246415788 . Thank you.
I’ll be looking up for any nice photos I have and will send you some in the next days. This is my Crochet page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ks-Velonaki-by-Katerina/204115199634382
and here are some flowers I photographed:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.122526231142820.18623.121616524567124&type=3
I really really love the flower of the Capparis plant, it’s the last photo in the album I posted.
Love the flowers. Tweeted a link. also, hearted your shop. You are amazingly talented woman. Hope, you don’t mind me tweeting listings from your shop as well as your blog patterns.
I am bindudesigns on Twitter and my shop is http://www.etsy.com/shop/bindudesigns.
Also, love to share the link on my Facebook page.
Thanks for the wonderful blog and great patterns.
with regards
Bindhurani
(coming from LinkedIn)
Sure, Bindu. I remember you from LinkedIn. You can, of course, tweet about my listings.
You can also view my Facebook page at Meli Bondre. Thank you.
I have a question. I made the Gardenia pattern, and it looks good, but is there anything special you do to the flowers to make them lay flat? I wanted to put it on a hat, but the petals keep curling, so it won’t lay right. Thanks for any info!
Hi Kris,
as far as I remember, I didn’t need to flatten out the Gardenia petals. In any case, if they do curl, you have a few options to choose from:
I would suggest to try each of these methods and see which one would give the result you’re after.
Good luck!
_Camelia
Thank you very much!! I will try them!
This is just beautiful
When I first saw these they took my breath away! They look so real you did a great job reproducing them in crochet! I love gardenias, I once had one that had 36 blossoms on it at one time! Which is very unusual! They love the deep south here in USA and hot sultry nights! Fine misting with tepid water! they are delicate ladies and don’t like hot direct sunlight! Only morning light! They like hot nights also! We can grow them in northeastern Pa. But must keep them indoors in winter! Did you ever crochet a purple catalaya orchid Meli?? That’s my favorite flower of all! I would love to see that!