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Gardenia Care Video – Potted Gardenias

August 26, 2011 7:22 am

I came across this gardenia care video awhile back and never got around to posting for you – which is a shame really as it has a couple of excellent gardenia care tips – not just for those of you growing gardenias in containers or pots but for all gardenia growers.

Aaron (who works in the Waterloo gardens greenhouse so he should know what he’s talking about) presents the video in a nice relaxed style and gives clear and concise gardenia care advice. He talks through some general gardenia care points covering watering, pruning a gardenia and maintaining your gardenia soils pH.

Here are some of the gardenia care tips from the video – but don’t take my word for it watch the video

  • Gardenias will tolerate cold temperatures down to around 55 degrees but prefer temperature of between 60 and 76 degrees.
  • When keeping your gardenia plant indoors to avoid those lower winter temperatures try and ensure that it still gets full sun. However when the weather warms up and you move your gardenia plant outdoors, try and place it in a position that will have filtered sun but with protection from the hot afternoon sun. Don’t be tempted to place it directly under trees though as your gardenia plant wont appreciate the drips off the trees as this can promote fungal attacks.
  • Fertilize your gardenias in spring, summer and early fall. Gardenia care experts use Miracle-Gro Nursery Select Miracid to fertilize gardenias.
  • Use soft water rather than hard water as the minerals contained in hard water overtime will build up in the gardenia soil and eventually raise the pH level. To prevent this (I love this gardenia care tip) once a month mix one cup of white vinegar to one gallon of water. Water your gardenia with the vinegar solution and this will help dissolve and leach out the alkaline mineral deposits thus helping to maintain your gardenia soils pH. This is a very good gardenia care tip and one I will be passing on to those of you growing gardenia in pots and containers.
  • When wintering your gardenia out gardenia care expert says don’t fertilize, prune your gardenia or re-pot it.

Other Gardenia Care Video And Posts You Might Be Interested In

If you found this gardenia care video useful then why not check out some of the other video and posts on this site.

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Gardenia Care Guide – Introduction

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August 15, 2011 1:37 pm

Welcome to the Gardenia care guide and Gardenia care tips site! Are you having problems caring for you Gardenia? For years I like so many others struggled to grow Gardenia with little or no success at all. I’d almost given up trying to grow this beautiful plant but through reading, researching, perseverance and many many conversations with my expert uncle and other successful growers, I now know I’ve finally cracked it!

With the gardenia care tips and advice that I’ve been given and have amassed over the years, I have now grow some really stunningly beautiful Gardenias that really are the envy of my neighbors, street and town. I’m always getting comments, praise and questions from my neighbors and work colleagues on Gardenia care and so rather then repeat myself all the time, I decided to write it down and hence the Gardenia care guide was born. What I’m going to do is share my accumulated knowledge, success stories and some of the disasters with you so you may improve your Gardenia care knowledge so that you too can be the envy of your gardening friends.


 

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By following this Gardenia care guide you could be growing blooms like this one!

I’ve always loved Gardenia’s and Gardenia flowers … I remember them from my childhood and the scent of the Gardenia flowers has always reminded me of the garden of the house in which I grew up in and spent so many happy years with my family. So naturally when I was finally lucky enough to own my own home and a garden, one of the first plants I bought was a Gardenia. But sadly my Gardenia care knowledge was severely lacking and the results did not match my childhood memories or aspirations.

Gardenia Care Is Not Easy!

It’s been said many times before that a Gardenia is a complicated plant and it truly is! Gardenia plants grow in a very specific band of pH and moisture levels and will punish you if you fail to keep within these boundaries. Problems like ‘yellow leaves’ are very common and can be the result of various causes. However help is at hand – by following the steps and tips within the Gardenia Care guide I hope to guide you through pitfalls of growing gardenias so that you too may enjoy the blooms of these beautiful plants.

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