Grow potted gardenia following these 3 points, and it won't yellow leaves or drop buds, blooming profusely with fragrance filling the house

The gardenia can be said to be one of the favorite flowers of many gardening enthusiasts, pure white and flawless with a pleasant fragrance, except that compared to other flowers, it is a bit harder to grow, otherwise why would it have so many buds when you just buy it, only to come home and have them all drop before it even blooms! Gardenia is an evergreen shrub plant, with leaves that stay green all year round, blooming in multiple seasons within a year, with a rich floral fragrance, making it a good potted plant suitable for both home and room. Grow it following these 3 points, and it won't yellow leaves or drop buds, blooming profusely with fragrance filling the house.

1. If you want it to bloom vigorously, light intensity is very important. Gardenia likes a sunny environment, and proper shading allows normal growth, but in a shaded environment, although the leaf color is dark green, it blooms poorly, so shading is not recommended, but also be careful not to expose it to the scorching sun, otherwise it easily yellows leaves and wilts. Usually we had best place it on a balcony with half-day sun, so that it can get suitable light conditions, neither too shaded nor constantly exposed to the sun, letting it grow fast and well.

2. Too much or too little water is both bad, grasp the measure to promote blooming. Some gardening enthusiasts "love" gardenias very much, and usually are very afraid that the flowers lack water, so they keep watering and watering, finally causing the soil to become waterlogged and compacted, making the gardenia yellow leaves and drop buds. There are also gardening enthusiasts who belong to the type who forget there is even a potted flower once they buy it home, often not watering it, which easily causes the gardenia to lack water, and yellow leaves and drop buds due to drought. In short, doing the above is all wrong. Usually when watering gardenias, you must water only when the soil is dry and stop when moist, normally keeping the potting soil slightly moist. After the temperature rises, you can mist the leaves at night to keep them wet, in order to maintain humidity.

3. With fertilizer it blooms early, with fertilizer it blooms profusely. Gardenia likes fertilizer. In the growing season from April to September, we can apply a low-concentration, fully decomposed cake fertilizer water or nutrient solution once every half month. At the same time, since gardenia likes acidic soil, usually a small amount of ferrous sulfate solution can be watered in, making the soil acidic, which can make it grow fast and bloom profusely.