How to plant gardenias, planting methods and maintenance points

Gardenia growth environment

Gardenia prefers a warm, humid and sunny environment. It tolerates partial shade but is afraid of waterlogging. It needs loose, fertile and acidic sandy loam when planting.

How to plant gardenia

Gardenia is sown using seeds, which is generally more suitable in spring and autumn. These two climates are more suitable for the plant to germinate quickly, which can increase its survival rate.

Of course, gardenias are commonly propagated by cuttings and layering. When propagating by cuttings, insert 15 cm long young branches into the seedbed and wait for 10-12 days to take root. When propagating by layering, choose two-year-old branches about 20 cm long in April, bury them in the soil, keep it moist, and wait for about 30 days to take root.

Gardenia Planting Steps

Step 1: Sow gardenias. Choose plump and healthy gardenia seeds for cultivation. Gardenias can be sown every spring or autumn.

Step 2: After the gardenia seeds are sown into the soil, you can cover the soil surface with a thin layer of grass to encourage it to germinate as soon as possible.

Step 3 : Pour a little water on the gardenia to keep the soil of the cultivated gardenia at a good humidity, which can make it easier for the gardenia seeds to grow.

Key points for cultivation and care of gardenia

1. If gardenia often suffers from leaf spot disease or yellowing leaves, spray it 600 times with 65% mancozeb wettable powder and regularly add 0.1% ferrous sulfate solution when watering to restore it to normal.

2. Gardenia is not a flower that likes fertilizer very much, but because of its vigorous growth and limited nutrients in the potting soil, it needs reasonable fertilization during the growing period. Decomposed human manure or cake fertilizer should be applied every 10 days or so. Stop watering the day before fertilizing and water once on the day of fertilizing.

3. In order to make the gardenia grow faster and make the plant look beautiful, you can remove the top of the new branches when the growth period is about to stop in spring to promote the formation of flower buds on the branches.