Does gardenia need pruning? When is the best time to prune?

Many people like to grow gardenias because their flowers are beautiful and elegant, but sometimes they do not grow well, and when they bloom, they bloom very little and the fragrance is not enough. If you want the gardenia to have green leaves and many flowers, you must not only know how to maintain it, but also how to prune it. Proper pruning can ensure that it blooms more and blooms normally .

Gardenia pruning time

The best time to prune gardenia is in spring. Try not to prune it in summer, and it is best not to prune it in autumn because it grows vigorously in spring and new branches grow faster and longer.

Therefore, you can prune it at any time before the arrival of summer to control the shape of the plant. If you pruned it in autumn and winter, it will only grow leaves and branches, and flower buds will not form at all, and the number of flowers will be reduced.

How to prune gardenia

After the flowers have bloomed in spring, you can properly prune off the remaining flowers, cut off some overlapping branches, overly dense branches, inward branches, and thin branches, control the plant shape to avoid the plant being too tall, and allow it to grow more side branches.

It will age and harden quickly in autumn, and flower buds will differentiate in winter, so you can see it bloom completely in the spring of the following year. The more side buds it has, the more and better it will bloom.