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citrusnut
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Joined: 24 Apr 2007
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Location: wisconsin zone 5
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JoeReal
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Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Location: Davis, California
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 2:44 am |
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I can almost smell the flowers. That's great. You should be proud of having them bloom. Congratulations!
Gardenia's perfume are one of the most difficult to synthesize chemically, like no one in the perfume industry has really come close to mimicking its aroma.
So be proud and enjoy the natural fragrance. There is no synthetic chemicals that can match it. |
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Patty_in_wisc
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Joined: 15 Nov 2005
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Location: zone 5 Milwaukee, Wi
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 8:00 am |
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Yeay Theresa for growing Gardenia! I tried it & couldn't do it -- it died on me.
Joe is right - they are the best smelling flower of all time.
You Grow Girl!
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Skeeter
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Joined: 23 Jul 2006
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Location: Pensacola, FL zone 9
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 12:00 pm |
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Yours are way ahead of mine! Kinda interesting that they would bloom earlier in Wisconsin than in the south. I have 2 varieties, one with a large blossom and one that is smaller. They don't bloom at the same time, so that gives me a little longer window for the fragrance--I do love that smell!
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citrusnut
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Location: wisconsin zone 5
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| Posted: Wed 14 May, 2008 9:30 pm |
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Those are old pictures. The plant is just now going outdoors and looks beat up from being indoors. Lost a lot of leaves. It will recover and bloom again later. Will take photos in it's current state and post soon now that I know how.
My other gardenia is Miami Supreme and just got root planed and repotted into the same pot today. I've never root planed a gardenia before and I hope it won't hurt it. I put it out today and took a picture. The plant also looks beat up from being indoors in winter but will recover outdoors. It goes thru the same cycle every year.
Both my gardenias are grafted, never had much luck with the ungrafted kind.
Will post pictures later after loading them into photobucket. |
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joefrank
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Location: Santa Fe, NM USA
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joefrank
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joefrank
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joefrank
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joefrank
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citrusnut
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Location: wisconsin zone 5
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Joe, that's a fine looking gardenia. The leaves look quite different, kinda pointy. How cold does it get in Santa Fe? Here it goes down to minus 20 in the winter and lots of things are too difficult to keep without great effort. I know people here tried the banana and had no luck even with winter protection. They are quit beautiful and tropical looking. I hope you will post pictures of your gardenia and banana as they grow and develop. |
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