Tips for Gardenias

[Nuno Souto]

The darn things are not flowering again!!!!

Did this for the first year, then there was a great year of flowers
galore. Now it's back to green-only...

WTH am I doing wrong???

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Cheers
Nuno Souto

[Augie]

So, Nuno Souto said:

|| The darn things are not flowering again!!!!
||
|| Did this for the first year,

Did what?

|| then there was a great year of flowers
|| galore. Now it's back to green-only...
||
|| WTH am I doing wrong???

Mine are budding, then the bud drops off onto the ground. I would like
mine to flower too!

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Augie
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[Mitch Kosklin]

too much sun/hot winds

try to let em have morning sun and afternoon shade if you can.... this way
there will be no bud drop/flower burns..

good luck

mitch
"Augie" > wrote in message
...
> So, Nuno Souto said:
>
> || The darn things are not flowering again!!!!
> ||
> || Did this for the first year,
>
> Did what?
>
> || then there was a great year of flowers
> || galore. Now it's back to green-only...
> ||
> || WTH am I doing wrong???
>
> Mine are budding, then the bud drops off onto the ground. I would like
> mine to flower too!
>
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>
> Augie
> www.ozdebate.net
>

[Byrnro]

Hi

Take a look at this months Global Garden it has an article all about
Gardenias.

Bobby


Nuno Souto wrote:

> The darn things are not flowering again!!!!
>
> Did this for the first year, then there was a great year of flowers
> galore. Now it's back to green-only...
>
> WTH am I doing wrong???
>
> --
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
>

[Nuno Souto]

Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:35:14 +1100, Mitch Kosklin said (and I quote):

> too much sun/hot winds

But, I've been watering them every two days...

>
> try to let em have morning sun and afternoon shade if you can.... this way
> there will be no bud drop/flower burns..
>

That's where they are. No buds anywhere.... :(

> > ||
> > || Did this for the first year,
> >
> > Did what?

Sorry: flowered for the first year, now, nothing.


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Cheers
Nuno Souto

[Nuno Souto]

Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:37:50 +1100, Byrnro said (and I quote):
> Hi
>
> Take a look at this months Global Garden it has an article all about
> Gardenias.
>

Ta muchly, will do.

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Cheers
Nuno Souto

[Augie]

So, Mitch Kosklin said:

|| too much sun/hot winds
||
|| try to let em have morning sun and afternoon shade if you can.... this way
|| there will be no bud drop/flower burns..
||
|| good luck
||

They get morning shade, then midday sun, then afternoon shade. They are
in a garden bed.

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Augie
www.ozdebate.net

[Jane VR]

Augie wrote:

>
> They get morning shade, then midday sun, then afternoon shade. They are
> in a garden bed.
>
I've noticed the midday sun is burning my gardenia, even though I give
it plenty of water. I think it can't take the water up fast enough when
it's hot. It has no buds :( I'm going to move it, I think.

Jane

[Nuno Souto]

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 06:02:48 +1100, Jane VR said (and I quote):
> Augie wrote:
>
> >
> > They get morning shade, then midday sun, then afternoon shade. They are
> > in a garden bed.
> >
> I've noticed the midday sun is burning my gardenia, even though I give
> it plenty of water. I think it can't take the water up fast enough when
> it's hot. It has no buds :( I'm going to move it, I think.
>

But folks: gardenias usually dot the sideroads up here in NW Sydney.
They are just about bullet proof. I just can't understand why some do
flower and others just point blank refuse. Gotta ask the council
people...

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Cheers
Nuno Souto

[Augie]

So, Nuno Souto said:

|| Fri, 13 Dec 2002 06:02:48 +1100, Jane VR said (and I quote):
|| > Augie wrote:
|| >
|| > >
|| > > They get morning shade, then midday sun, then afternoon shade. They are
|| > > in a garden bed.
|| > >
|| > I've noticed the midday sun is burning my gardenia, even though I give
|| > it plenty of water. I think it can't take the water up fast enough when
|| > it's hot. It has no buds :( I'm going to move it, I think.
|| >
||
|| But folks: gardenias usually dot the sideroads up here in NW Sydney.
|| They are just about bullet proof. I just can't understand why some do
|| flower and others just point blank refuse. Gotta ask the council
|| people...
||
||
I have one at work, around 20 years old and HUGE, which is in full sun
all day long and flowers prolifically.
Sigh.
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Augie
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