Gardenia Jasminoides

Gardenia is an evergreen bush which can reach a height of 2 meters. Its flowers have an intense and nice fragrance and they are cream-white colour.

DAYLIGHT	Plenty light but without direct sun during the hottest hours of the day.
TEMPERATURE	It endures mild frosts and a humid environment is benign.
IRRIGATION	It needs to be well watered and sprayed every 5 days during the summer and once a week winter. The rain water is the best and if it is not possible, then water acidified. When the bud sprouts, be careful with the water.
GROUND	Productive, acid and deep soil. It roots well in humid fields and it is good to use fertilizer hormones. The substrate should be a combination of 50% of thick sand and turf or turf with pearlite.
FLOWERING	It blooms 2 or 3 times a year: in spring and in the beginning of autumn. Anyway it can sprout during the whole year.
FERTILIZED	2 or 3 times a year: autumn, spring (before it sprouts) and summer. Use chemical fertilizer rich in nitrogen (for the growth) and potassium (for the bloom). Iron sulphate is good during the vegetative period for avoid the chlorosis: the appearance of yellow dots. If the plant turns yellow could be because of a very high ground´s pH.
PRUNING	It is necessary a cleaning prune: clear dead branches and stems and ugly, sick ones. You can also make a flowering prune after the bloom to get a compact plant. This should be made in the middle of the spring, but always before the sprout of flowers. The best technique is the clamping.