{"id":5334,"date":"2026-05-28T20:42:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/?p=5334"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:12:48","slug":"gardenia-has-started-flowering-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/horticulture\/gardenia-has-started-flowering-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardenia has started flowering again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SBfszZIJ8Zc?si=9qivnjpdK8o7M2wr\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of the two Gardenia plants which we bought from a local nursery. Both of them were growing well initially, but flowers were very scanty. In fact I had both them because I was very fond of Gardenia flowers from childhood. They were called &#8216;Sugandharajan&#8217; in our local language, meaning &#8216;King of Fragrance&#8217;. That is because of the excellent, charming fragrance of Gardenia flowers. Naturally I was quite disappointed when the flowers were scanty. Unfortunately one of the plants withered off and is no more. Thinking that this one is a bit root bound, I repotted it and added extra cow dung manure and compost during the process. After a long wait, this plant has started flowering again and I am quite happy. In between the leaves had gone bad and I had to prune them and apply neem oil based spray which did work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of the two Gardenia plants which we bought from a local nursery. Both of them were growing well initially, but flowers were very scanty. 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