After the gardenia flower is withered, the new buds are trimmed in this way, and the buds grow all over the tree and blossom three times more.

The seed flower is evergreen all the year round, fragrant flowers, luxuriant branches and leaves, is a very popular pot ornamental plant, reproduction, as long as a branch cuttings into the soil, can take root and sprout, you can plant as many pots as you want. Flower friends now the gardenia has just passed its full bloom. With a simple pruning like this, the gardenia will bloom more next time, and the bud will grow all over the tree, which is very beautiful:

Pruning time of Gardenia

The most suitable pruning time for gardenia is May-July and December. These periods are after flowering and when spring shoots sprout in spring, more new buds and new leaves will sprout after pruning. The growth rate is also very fast.

Gardenia is basically a trigeminal branch, each pruning will grow three branches from the pruning place, then each pruning, will grow nine branches. Therefore, only after pruning, can it grow luxuriant branches and flowers.

Pruning method

When pruning gardenia, first cut off the three pairs of leaves at the top of each branch, and if there are any residual flowers, cut them together. At the same time, cut off some withered branches, diseased branches, only long and weak branches, control the plant type and height of gardenia, so that more side branches grow, so that the whole gardenia more luxuriant. There are many branches, and when the next florescence comes, the buds are also particularly dense, the buds of a tree. You can open dozens of them at a time.

Each pruning leaves three to five stout trunks, and the other thin branches are cut off from the bottom. If the trunk is particularly thick, cut it short in a small amount for the first time, lest the wound get bigger and affect the growth of the plant.

If there are buds on the gardenia, leave three or four buds on the strong branches and cut off the buds on the thin branches.

Treatment after pruning

After gardenia pruning, spray some chlorothalonil or carbendazim at the pruning place of the branches to disinfect them.

Then pour some organic fertilizer water into the flowerpot, whether it is bean cake water or chicken manure water.

Flower friends prune gardenia according to this method, and the branches and leaves that grow in the second year are fat and strong, and in two years they become like young trees.

The plant shape of Gardenia jasminoides is beautiful and neat, with uniform distribution of flowers and blooming flowers.