Gardenia Bonsai Tree Care Guide

Gardenia can make beautiful bonsai trees with its shiny dark green leaves and scented white flowers. 

Gardenia Bonsai Tree Care Guide

Position - Avoid full sun, but give maximum light, with slight shade in summer. Minimum temperature 13°C (55°F)

Watering - Daily throughout summer, more sparingly in winter, with lime-free water.

Feeding - Every two weeks throughout summer, monthly for the rest of the year. With ericaceous feed. 

Repotting - Every second year in late spring. Use lime-free soil mix 

Pruning - Trim new growth after flowering and again as required to maintain shape. 

Propagation - Cuttings, layering, air layering. 

Styles - Informal upright, slanting, semicascade, cascade, root-over-rock, twin-trunk, clump, multiple-trunk. All sizes.