Description

• Gardenia is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family. Gardenia is an attractive, waxy, creamy-white flowers bearing.
  What makes it special:

• One of the best attractive fragrant flowering plants.

• Low maintenance plant.

• Perfect plant for near patios, doors, or windows garden.

• Gardenia belong to family Rubiaceous and are prized for their very fragrant white flowers and glossy, dark green leaves. Many cultivars of Gardenia Jasmin ides exist that offer considerable variation in plant size, flower form, and blooming time and duration. They are evergreen shrubs and small trees.

• The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three or four, broad, dark green and glossy with a leathery texture. The flowers are solitary or in small clusters, white, or pale yellow, with a tubular-based corolla with 5-12 lobes. Place in light to moderate shade, preferably with minimum competition from tree roots. Gardenias resent root disturbance. Use fertilizer for acid-loving plants, and use iron compounds.

Plant Specifications

Plant Protection

·  Remove dead, infected or damaged plant parts and dispose them away from the planting area.

·  Spray Neem, Eucalyptus or Citrus oil for any insect/pest attack, as a primary treatment.
Don’ts

·  Do not over water the plant especially when pot does not have drainage holes.

·  Avoid applying water on flowers and leaves it may cause fungus infection.

Gardenia Care

Initial care for 1-2 weeks after receiving plant at your location:

·  Keep the plant in Natural indirect bright Light.

·  Poke your finger/plain small stick into the soil to check the moisture.

·  Apply 3 cup (Approx. 150 ml) water when top soil (1-2 inches) in pot feels dry to touch.

·  Do not re-pot for min. 2 weeks after receiving it.
Key requirements to keep plant healthy: