Water and fertilize Gardenia this way, and it won't yellow for 10 years, and it will bloom with a particularly fragrant scent

Gardenia, also called Zhizi or Huangzhizi, stays green all year round, with lush branches and leaves, elegant fragrance, green leaves and white flowers, fresh and lovely, and is an important ornamental garden flower.

Gardenia likes plenty of light but hates harsh direct sun, and likes to be planted in loose, fertile, well-drained acidic soil. It can be propagated by cuttings, layering, division and other methods.

The flower language of Gardenia is: joy, perhaps because summer is full of life, and people are filled with unknown hope and joy for the flower. There is also an explanation that it means -- eternal love and promise. A very beautiful meaning, mostly because this flower begins to form buds from winter and only blooms in summer, still unopened, with a long-lasting delicate fragrance.

So, how can you grow a pot of Gardenia full of life and vigor? Let's take a look:

1. Choosing soil is very important

Gardenia likes acidic soil, so you must be careful when choosing soil. For example, mix slightly acidic sandy soil and leaf mold at a ratio of 7:3. This kind of soil is quite suitable for Gardenia cultivation. It is best to water with ferrous sulfate once a month to meet the nutrients Gardenia needs for growth. If the acidity is seriously lacking, it can easily cause the plant's leaves to turn yellow, drop leaves, or produce few buds and fail to bloom. So, to grow Gardenia well, soil is very important.

2. Light

Gardenia has high light requirements, and its growth needs plenty of light. Apart from needing some shade in summer, it should be given plenty of light in all other seasons, otherwise it will not grow vigorously, will spread slowly, and will form fewer buds. So, give it more sun, and Gardenia will be very happy.

3. Fertilizing

During the growing season, using a multi-element compound fertilizer once or twice a month is enough. Near the flowering period, apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer two to three times, which can effectively increase flower bud differentiation and the number of buds, and the quality of the flowers will also improve. So, this is something to pay attention to at ordinary times too.

In winter, when the temperature is too low, stop fertilizing, and spray it once a month with carbendazim, which can prevent and control yellowing leaves.

4. Watering

When we water flowers, most of us use tap water directly, which is actually unreasonable. Before using tap water for watering, you need to put the tap water in the sun for two to three days and use it after chlorine and other substances have evaporated, or store some rainwater during the rainy season. Flowers watered this way will be in better condition, vigorous and glossy green.

Then appropriately increase the air humidity. You can spray the leaves twice a day, which is very beneficial to its growth.

As long as you pay attention to these few points, growing Gardenia well is very simple! Let's grow Gardenia together, just for that eternal love and promise!