house. As soon as you would walk up the front steps the smell would
waft over to you.
For those that haven't smelt a gardenia ...the smell is sweet and
heady, but not over powering. Something about the smell conjures up
the thoughts of a southern romance novel. There's romance and intrigue
all in the fragrance.
This year I decided to put a gardenia tree into one of the pots on my
porch. I did not plan the timing perfect since I had brought the tree
home at the worst possible time. It was almost 100f and I left the
plant at the base of the stairs when I decided to head to the beach.
When I returned my gardenia was extemely wilted. Instead of going back
to the shop and grabbing another one I decided I would nurse this one
back to health.
It dropped every single one of it's buds. I replanted it in a larger
pot. It recovered extremely quickly. It now had over two dozen buds on
it, and the first few have opened up this week.
Every one that visits, makes a comment on how wonderful the smell is.
Even when the gardenia is not in bloom, the foliage is a dark green,
and the leaves have a shiny gloss.
Next year I am definitly going to repeat the gardenia planting.
(without the drying out)
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