http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/ Let's Talk About Gardening Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/comment-page-1/#comment-23 chrissy Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:18:59 +0000 http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/#comment-23 I have lots of beautiful gardenias ... some 6/7 ft tall and full of beautiful flowers. Water stress sometimes causes this problem ... I use a thick mulch of old cow *p#%p* ... and that is all. Sometimes a fungus will cause the petals to fuse and the flowers cannot open, this is caused by the sun hitting the early morning dew that covers the bud. I can't speak from experience re commercial fertilizer ... but have read that too much can "push" the buds off many plants. Good luck! :) I have lots of beautiful gardenias … some 6/7 ft tall and full of beautiful flowers. Water stress sometimes causes this problem … I use a thick mulch of old cow *p#%p* … and that is all. Sometimes a fungus will cause the petals to fuse and the flowers cannot open, this is caused by the sun hitting the early morning dew that covers the bud. I can’t speak from experience re commercial fertilizer … but have read that too much can “push” the buds off many plants. Good luck!

]]> http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jillian Page Tue, 03 Apr 2007 07:27:44 +0000 http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/#comment-15 I have a gardenia plant in my garden in North Brisbane. Last year when I planted it it seemed to be going very well green and lots of flower buds, it did not flower, all the buds fell off and has not flowered since, I cut it back quite hard last year as it looked bad, it is very green now, but no flowers. What do you think!! I have a gardenia plant in my garden in North Brisbane. Last year when I planted it it seemed to be going very well green and lots of flower buds, it did not flower, all the buds fell off and has not flowered since, I cut it back quite hard last year as it looked bad, it is very green now, but no flowers. What do you think!!

]]> http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Marion Connelly Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:33:42 +0000 http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/#comment-7 We have many gardenias in our garden. They are all in full sun for at least half a day, they only get watered when it rains, and rarely do they get fertiliser. I cut them back quite hard when they get out of hand. However, they bloom constantly and give us much pleasure as their scent comes into the house. We live just north of Brisbane and they don't get cooked either. They do get some epsom salts occassionally if the leaves go yellow and that works for us. We find them very easy to grow. We have many gardenias in our garden. They are all in full sun for at least half a day, they only get watered when it rains, and rarely do they get fertiliser. I cut them back quite hard when they get out of hand. However, they bloom constantly and give us much pleasure as their scent comes into the house. We live just north of Brisbane and they don’t get cooked either. They do get some epsom salts occassionally if the leaves go yellow and that works for us. We find them very easy to grow.

]]> http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Heather J Robinson Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:56:24 +0000 http://www.growingtalk.com/gardening/2007/03/22/gardenia/#comment-2 My two potted gardenias have not flowered since a year after trying to look after them. At one stage I sprayed them with Epsom salts solution which seemed to prevent them from being eaten by something. The instructions have been lost, so I can't remember what strength I had the solution. They have had a recent good dose of Osmocote, but still no flowers have come. I have not left them out in full sun, as I've been afraid they would get cooked! The whle thing is a bit depressing! I live in Canberra, so I've prevented them from getting hit by frost. please can you help? My two potted gardenias have not flowered since a year after trying to look after them. At one stage I sprayed them with Epsom salts solution which seemed to prevent them from being eaten by something. The instructions have been lost, so I can’t remember what strength I had the solution. They have had a recent good dose of Osmocote, but still no flowers have come. I have not left them out in full sun, as I’ve been afraid they would get cooked! The whle thing is a bit depressing! I live in Canberra, so I’ve prevented them from getting hit by frost. please can you help?

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