Gardenia P140 《梔子花》

🪴 Why Choose a Gardenia Plant?

• Live plant with intoxicatingly fragrant white blooms
• Evergreen foliage for year-round beauty
• Ideal as a decorative potted plant or garden shrub

🌼 Gardenia Plant Care Tips

Gardenia is a beloved flowering shrub admired for its creamy-white, fragrant blooms and glossy dark green leaves. It brings elegance and romance to indoor spaces, patios, or garden beds, but does require a bit of special care to thrive.

☀️ Light

• Loves bright, indirect light or filtered full sun.

• Outdoors: thrives in morning sun with afternoon shade.

• Indoors: place near an east- or south-facing window with plenty of light.

💧 Watering

• Keep soil consistently moist but not soggy.

• Water when the top 2–3 cm (1 inch) of soil feels dry.

• Use distilled or rainwater if your tap water is hard—gardenias are sensitive to salts and high pH.

🌱 Soil

• Needs well-draining, acidic soil (pH 5.0–6.0).

• Use azalea or camellia mix, or amend soil with peat moss, pine bark, and compost.

• Ensure good drainage—avoid waterlogged roots.

💦 Humidity

• Requires high humidity (60–80%) for healthy buds and blooms.

• Mist regularly or place on a humidity tray.

• Dry air can cause bud drop or yellowing leaves.

🌡️ Temperature

• Ideal range: 18–24°C (65–75°F) during the day, 15–18°C (59–65°F) at night.

• Avoid sudden temperature changes, drafts, or cold air.

• Not frost-tolerant—bring indoors if temperatures fall below 10°C (50°F).

🍃 Fertilizer

• Feed every 2–4 weeks in spring through summer with a fertilizer for acid-loving plants (e.g., azalea or camellia food).

• Do not overfeed—can cause leaf burn or reduced blooming.

🌿 Pruning & Maintenance

• Prune after flowering to shape the plant and remove dead or crossing branches.

• Deadhead faded blooms to encourage more flowers.

• Watch for pests like aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites.

🌸 Styling Tip:

Grow in decorative pots, porch planters, or use as low flowering hedges. Their fragrance makes them perfect near entryways, windows, or seating areas.

Elevate your space with the classic beauty and calming scent of the Gardenia Plant—a gift that blooms with meaning.