My Gardenias

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Having stated that gardenias do not grow so well so why not go for other easy to grow plants instead; I managed to create an impression that I was against growing Gardenias.
To my delight the thread generated a healthy discussion and like me all must have gained a lot.
As I have mentioned before it fascinated me and I am even more determined to grow it well. Currently I have Gardenia Grandiflora (green leaf) 5 plants, Variegated 7 plants, Gardenia Thunbergia 1 and Gardenia Lucida 3 plants.
I have created a bed for Gardenia Grandiflora and included some Motias to see how they behave in Acidic soil. The bed gets full sun for 3 hours only.
The experiment will take a year for the result.

Gardenia Thunbergia (best fragrance)




Grandiflora (bad picture)

[Izhar]

Best of luck Sir.. I hope with the use of information on internet you will inshaAllah be able to get good results.. do share your experiences..

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

The plant of the last picture after treatment with Iron Sulphate and Sulpher.
Note the plant has lost its variagation.



The plant is growing fast and showing HAPPINESS.

[Izhar]

Wow... mashaAllah... it is a very healthy plant.. kindly pinch it to make it more bushy.. more branches.. more blooms.. great job sir..!!!

[Izhar]

Sir, it is requested to kindly brief us on its feeding regimen.. we all want this type of result... (apart from the variegation loss )

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Tip cutting for propogation will do the job.

[Izhar]

How are they performing nowadays?? mine are in blooms (only the variegated) and the flower size is bigger then double size of last year's bloom and also much much more fragrant... the use of micronutrient foliar spray has worked..!!

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

A little change in PH has helped they are looking better than ever before but have not yet bloomed, perhaps I should also feed them DAP.

[qaiser]

Nice