Is Gardenia really that hard to get through summer? Stop spreading nonsense

Some gardening friends report that in summer, gardenias are very hard to get through safely, because this flower is rather afraid of strong sun. Huahua says that's nonsense: a gardenia in full summer sun can still survive, and can even thrive beautifully. The key is how you help them get through summer safely.

To help your gardenia, you first need to understand its growing habits. For example, the gardenia is a plant that loves light, so it is recommended to pay extra attention to increasing light hours during spring and autumn, while in summer and winter it is recommended to place it indoors in a spot with some light, to avoid temperatures that are too high or too low during growth.

When caring for flowers, fertilizer is very important. It is best to choose an ecologically safe organic fertilizer, rich and balanced in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, with various organic matter, minerals and amino acids added, to promote rapid plant growth, produce more flower buds, bloom more and extend the flowering period.

If there is no place indoors to grow the gardenia, then let it bask outside, provided your gardenia is already mature and the plant is fairly robust. You can mist it once in the morning and once in the evening, so the strong sun does not scorch it. As long as there is water, you can avoid leaves being scorched by water loss caused by overly fast transpiration under the blazing sun.

In spring, you can use an organic nutrient solution to maintain fertility, purely plant-fermented, rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, with various organic matter, amino acids and humus added, to promote gardenia growth and boost vitality and resistance.

If your gardenia is to spend the summer outdoors, it is best to prune it 2 months before the blazing summer days arrive, or not prune at all; otherwise, if the gardenia plant has not yet recovered and is then exposed to full sun, the branches easily dehydrate, leading to drying up and death.

In early spring before budding, you can prune once, cutting away old branches, damaged branches and weak branches, leaving the main stems; keep more than 4 buds on each 1 branch, so it grows fast and sprouts many new shoots.

Before a gardenia gets through summer, you must make sure the soil is loose and breathable; otherwise the root-zone soil gets heated by the sun and, without airflow, the roots will be suffocated, causing the gardenia's resistance to drop and making it unable to get through summer.