Gardenia - amazing beauty window plant. However some flower growers avoid it, being afraid that they will not be able to provide it thorough care. Of course, this beauty requires attention much, but she will thank you magnificent and long blossoming.
The sort of gardenias is obliged by the name to the American gardener Garden who has begun to cultivate them in the middle of the 18th century. The plant has large escapes and glossy leaves. Flowers at gardenias most often single, but sometimes meet copies the inflorescences collected in guards. Gardenia categorically does not transfer sharp temperature drops, especially to winter season. She loves high air humidity, heat and sunlight. This beauty very long gets used to the new place therefore that she comfortably felt, do not rearrange her from one windowsill on another. The gardenia can dump buds even if you invert pot on other party.
Gardenia loves slightly diffused, bright light. The ideal option is to put pot with plant on the western or east window. If you have no such opportunity, and the green beauty had to be lodged at the southern window, take care of that at lunchtime on it direct sunshine did not get. For this purpose between glass and pot it is possible to put the sheet of paper. In case with northern window, on the contrary, it is necessary to provide additional artificial lighting.
Since the middle of summer, the gardenia can be taken out on fresh air, but literally at several o'clock. At the same time provide it protection against drafts and direct sunshine. In the winter when daylight hours short, it is necessary to create additional lighting. You will be come to the rescue by daylight lamps. That the gardenia fully and long blossomed, observe temperature condition. In the summer favorable temperature - 22-24 degrees, and in the winter - 18-20 degrees. As for watering, during the vegetative period the gardenia demands abundant intake of moisture. In the fall and in the winter watering needs to be reduced. This rule concerns also the beginning of April when the plant is prepared for blossoming. Avoid overdrying and overwetting of the soil. For watering use otstoyanny water with addition of lemon juice - several drops on 1 liter of water. Young plants it is necessary to feed up several times a month, alternating organic fertilizers to mineral. Adult gardenias demand more nutrients therefore they are fed up weekly since the beginning of spring and till fall. When the gardenia finishes blossoming, cut off escapes. This procedure stimulates development of side escapes and flower kidneys. Do not throw out the cut-off stalks, they can be used for reproduction.