How to grow osmanthus? Master these tips to fill your balcony with fragrance

If you want your osmanthus to grow with lush branches and leaves, the first thing is to grow the roots well. During the osmanthus growing season, fertilize and water it in time, give it plenty of light, and control the plant shape through pinching and pruning. Only then can you achieve lush branches and leaves and abundant blooms

1. To grow the root system well in a potted osmanthus, the soil must be loose and breathable. You can mix peat soil, perlite, and vermiculite in a 4:1:1 ratio, or use local materials and prepare it with some leaf mold, garden soil, and granular soil. Ensuring it is loose, breathable, and fertile is best

Because the osmanthus root system is very well developed, many ground-planted osmanthus grow tall and robust with abundant blooms precisely because the roots spread out well,

2. During the osmanthus growing season, apply diluted fertilizer water once or twice a month, and watering must be sufficient, because osmanthus is a southern plant and likes slightly acidic soil. We can appropriately water it with a little ferrous sulfate to improve the soil pH

3. Osmanthus likes sufficient light. We should usually give potted osmanthus more sun, which can make the plant robust, the leaves glossy green, and the blooms abundant and fragrant

4. For potted osmanthus to have lush branches and leaves, it must be achieved through continuous pruning and shaping. In spring, prune away overly dense branches, leggy branches, diseased branches, and dead branches, so it sprouts more side branches. After the side branches grow, you can also prune by shortening the branches, or prune according to the shape you have designed. In this way, there are enough nutrients to supply the growth of the side branches. With more side branches, the osmanthus can have lush branches and leaves, abundant blooms, and fragrance all around