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Fragrant Gardenias
Buying a Gardenia Plant
The gardenia plant should be eight to ten inches high when purchased. It should be bushy and loaded with buds. The leaves should be dark green and healthy (no spots). The gardenia will grow for many years with the right care. It's best to purchase a gardenia in the Spring.
Gardenia Flowering and Fragrance:
The Gardenia flower is pure white at first, and later turns to ivory before finally withering. The Gardenia can flower off and on all year long, but the main season is May through September. The creamy white flowers have a strong fragrance and are reminiscent of jasmine. The Gardenia is native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world, and it can grow to a height of over 6 feet in ideal conditions. The leaves are dark green and waxy if the growing conditions are right. The Gardenia has long been considered to be the ideal flower for a men's tuxedo button-hole or for a woman's bridal boquet.
Gardenia Light and Temperature:
The temperature should never go under 65F unless the Gardenia must bloom at a special time like, Christmas. Then place it in a bright, warm spot in August. When the flower buds have appeared, move it to a cooler position (maximum 65F) until it has bloomed out.
Gardenia Size and Growth Rate:
The Gardenia can grow typically to three feet tall with ideal conditions. It normally grows to about 16-20 inches with an annual growth of 4 to 6 inches.
Gardenias
August Beauty Gardenia Five Gallon Plant
Amazon Price: $61.98 (as of 12/24/2009)
Beautiful gardenias! Prolific bloomer with large, sweetly fragrant, velvety white flowers. Lustrous foliage on a rounded evergreen shrub, useful as a low hedge, screen or accent for entryways. Full to partial sun. Moderate grower to 5 feet tall, 3 feet wide. Keep soil consistently moist, but not soggy for your gardenia plant. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Plant tight, compact Gardenia in enclosed spaces such as entryways or enclosed patios where its perfumy fragrance can be captured and enjoyed. Hardy to USDA zone 8.
Gardenia Plants
Vera Wang Winter White Gardenia Plant - Large
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Gardenia Plant Care
The Gardenia needs high humidity and should be misted frequently. Keep the soil evenly moist, using rainwater or boiled water that is cooled to room temperature. The water should never be cold. Feed the plants every three weeks during the growing season with a rhododendron-azalea food, or acidifying fertilizer. (Miracid)
Soil and Transplanting for Gardenia:
Gardenias need to be re-potted every other year in early spring. Use a soil mixture of equal parts of peat, sand and humus.
Grooming the Gardenia Plant:
If your gardenia plant has become leggy, it should be trimmed back in March - April. Use this opportunity to take cuttings. The cuttings should be about five inches long. Plant them in a soil mixture of equal parts of sand and peat, and keep them at a temperature of about 75F. It will take the cuttings four to six weeks to strike roots, and they can then be moved to spot with a lower temperature (about 65F). Once the cuttings have grown to a reasonable size, they can be moved to individual pots using the same soil mixture.
First Love Gardenia Plant
First Love Gardenia One Gallon
Amazon Price: $32.98 (as of 12/24/2009)
Looking for a plant that will delight the senses? Then gardenias are for you. My favorite variety is one called "First Love". Wonderfully fragrant, double white blooms are larger than any other gardenia. A superb evergreen accent shrub or container plant, it's the first gardenia to bloom and continues well into the growing season. Full to partial sun. Its a compact grower to about 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Prune lightly after bloom to maintain a nice tight form. Hardy to USDA zone 8
Feed Your Gardenias
M-G Azalea, Camellia, Rhod 5 *
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/24/2009)
A special plant food formulated for acid loving plants like Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Camellias, Magnolias and Gardenias. Feeds, ironizes and acidifies all at once. use with Miracle-Gro Garden Feeder. 30-10-10.
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Keeping Your Gardenia Happy
As long as your gardenia is kept in the right conditions, it is fairly resistant to attacks by insects or diseases. Listed are a few problems that can incur and how to rectify them.
Aphids can be a problem in the summer with gardenias. Treat with insecticide.
Spider mites may attack Gardenias from time to time. Combat this as quickly as possible with an approved product.
Yellow or falling leaves may be the result of too little water, of the water being too alkaline. It could also be chlorosis, a trace element deficincy. Apply chelated iron to correct this.
Happy Environment for Gardenia:
Like all plants, gardenias need the proper conditions and locations to thrive well. If growing indoors, move the Gardenia plant around your home according to the time of year, so that it always has the optimal light and temperature conditions.
Gardening and Landscaping:
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Fragrant Gardenia Plant
Fragrant Gardenia Floor Plant
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Send The Fresh, Fragrant Scent Of Gardenias To Any Home Or Office With Our Striking Floor Plant Jam-Packed With Gardenia Flowers. Presented In An Attractive Embossed Brown Aluminum Planter With An Antique Leathered Look, Its A Fabulous Accent To Any Decor. Makes A Great Housewarming Gift. Arrives Budding And Ready To Bloom. Planter Measures 9.25"H X 10"D. Measures Overall Approximately 26"H. Beautiful gardenia plant!
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Miniature Gardenias
Bonsai Box, Gardenia Specimen Tree
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One of the loveliest and easiest bonsais to grow, Gardenia is renowned for their richly scented, delicate white flowers that bloom from May to June. A nicely branching, evergreen shrub in the wild. Gardenia respond well to pruning making it ideally suited to creating informal, upright tree-like forms.Includes: tree seed, organic growing medium, bonsai scissors, directions, recycled US steel bonsai grow box. Box 7.25 inches high and 4.6 inches square. Handmade in the USA.
Gardenia Fragrances
Gardenia Candles
Therepe Scented Soy Jar Candles - 9 oz (Gardenia)
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Yankee Sheer Gardenia 22oz Housewarmer Candle
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Gardenia Musk Unisexs One 4X3 Inch Frosted Glass Vase Essential Blends Candle. Burns 40 Hrs.
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Gardenia Absolute Candle by BURN
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Sep 6, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
- Wonderful Lens on a fragrant flower. I love the smell of gardenias. I don't have one either but now I want one. Thank for the great info on plant care. :)
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- ClassyGals ClassyGals Sep 6, 2009 @ 4:15 pm | in reply to Sylvia
- Make sure the soil you plant your Gardenias in is very well conditioned. Mix peat moss and compost material into the soil to hold moisture. The soil needs to be moist at all times, but be careful not to drown the roots. You should also cover the soil with a material like wood chips, to make sure the soil maintains its moisture throughout the day. Maintain the pH of the soil around 5 or 6. Feed the Gardenia every 3 weeks with a rhododendron-azalea food. To treat the black spot, use soapy water in a spray bottle.
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- Sylvia Sylvia Sep 6, 2009 @ 12:38 pm
- I love my Gardenia, however, it gets black mildew(?) ALL over its lower leaves.New leaves come out nice and green and shineythen get the black stuff later.. The plant produces many nice blossoms in late April/early May. I am in near north Florida, south of St. Augustine, North of Daytona Beach about a mile from the ocean on a saltwater canal. The shrub is now about 4 1/2 feet tall and is on the south side of my house, next to the house. 20 ft. from the water. There is a sprinkler system. I have removed the lower branches and picked off the twiggy parts, removed much of the lower foliage...thinking that there needs to be more air circulation..what have I done? What can I spray/treat this gardenia to prevent the ugly black stuff???
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- Superwife Superwife Aug 7, 2009 @ 10:39 pm
- I love how gardenias smell! beautiful lens :)
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- ClassyGals ClassyGals Aug 7, 2009 @ 12:06 pm | in reply to maria
- Maria, try repotting your gardenia and follow all of the mentioned tips above.
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