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14 Jun 2008Potted Up Stephanotis Potting Up and Livingroom gardenCloudy 15°C / 59°F
Moved this plant into a larger pot. From what I have read this plant does well with confined roots, so I added some large rocks around the plant to give it less space to grow into (I needed to put it in a largish pot to support the new trellis). I filled in the plant with soil for Mediterranean...
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14 Jun 2008Potting Up Gardenia (2008) Potting Up and Livingroom gardenOnce it finished blooming all the ready buds, I potted this up into a larger pot with some nice acidic soil.Sunny 18°C / 64°F
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12 May 2008Applying Gardenia CPR Gardenia (2007) and Livingroom gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
This plant was left practically unattended while I was away for the Holidays this year, and when I came back it was in a sorry state. In the beginning I gave it an iron chelate boost with regular attention, and this seemed to at least bring it back from the brink, but it never got much better. ...
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09 May 2008Moving on up Pachira Potting Up and Livingroom gardenI’ve repotted this in a larger container and I also tried to replace as much as the soil as possible, in an effort to change the soil pH.Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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09 May 2008Moving on up Gardenia (2007) Potting Up and Livingroom gardenI’ve repotted this in a larger container and I also tried to replace as much as the soil as possible, in an effort to change the soil pH. The Gardenias had an iron deficiency this past year and I want to avoid that in the future.Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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06 May 2008First gardenia of the season Gardenia (2006) Blooming and Livingroom gardenSunny 16°C / 61°F
I am so thrilled! I got up this morning and the large gardenia has opened the first bud after waking up from winter! It’s absolutely gorgeous and the smell … for me one of the best on the planet. I’m very happy the plant is doing so well this year, as over the winter it had d...
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06 May 2008Just Purchased Gardenia (2008) Purchased and Livingroom gardenSunny 20°C / 68°F
I went to Ikea for kitchen stuff, but you cannot leave the store without walking right past the plants! They do it on purpose to get me, I know it! Well, I have a weakness for heavily scented blooms, and I saw one that was in good condition, with lots of blooms opening, and I just had to rescue h...

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