Description
Name: Gardenia
Scientific Name: Gardenia Jasminiodes
Color: White
Plant seeds: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
Bloom time : Late Spring - Mid Summer
Hardiness zone: 8 - 11
Plant height: 6 - 8’
Plant spacing: 6 - 8’
Light requirements: Sun - Part Shade
Soil !#!amp!*! water preferences: Average
Quantity: 50 Seeds

Habits and distribution:
Likes the warm and humid climate， liking the sunshine but can not withstand intense sunlight.
Suitable for growing in loose， fertile， well-drained，
acidic soil in light viscosity， is a typical acidic flowers.
Gardenia plants are mostly relatively low， 1 to 2 meters high， dry gray， green twigs.
Flower Solitary Acremonium or leaf axils， with short stems， white， large，
fragrant， corolla salverform， general was six Petal，
there have plena varieties (G. jasminoides)， calyx lobes obovate to oblanceolate stretch，
anthers exposed. Long flowering period， from May to June continuous
flowering to August，  fruit ripening in October.

Gardenias cultivation:
1，Soil: Gardenias are acid soil plants， the soil is  acidic environment.
The soil pH is preferably controlled between 4.0-6.5.

2，Temperature: Gardenias optimum temperature for 16  -18 Temperature
                          is too low and direct sunlight are not good at  its growth，
                          so summer should place the Gardenias in a well ventilated，
                          air humidity and opaque conservation woodland or shade under the shed.
                          Winter placed in a sunny place， the temperature not lower than 0  environment， let it dormancy，
                          high temperature will affect the flowering  in Next year.

3，Moisture: Gardenias liking  moist air， growth period need to increase the amount of watering. 
                   Hot summer day， shall foliar spray 2 -3 times to increase air humidity to help cool the plant.
                   But the budding flowers， watering should not be too much， so as to avoid flower buds drop. 
                   Winter watering in dry side as well， to prevent the root rotting.

4，Fertilizer: Gardenias is like fertilizer plants， in order to meet its growing demand for fertilizer，
                    but also to keep the soil slightly acidic environment.
                   You can mix ferrous sulfate and fertilizer solution to fermentate.

5，Reproduction: The easiest and quickest method is float  water interpolation ，
                           first find a foam board， and drilling hole.
                           Cut the Gardenias ripe branches，  insert hole foam board，
                           and then put the foam board into the bucket filled with water.
                           Control  the temperature between 18  -25
                           The root of Gardenias can  grow  above 3 cm at a week.
                           This method cuttings Gardenias ， the survival rate was 100%.

Package include
1(bag) 50 Gardenia / cape jasmine Flower Seeds