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[Paulneill]

Hi all i dug this shrub out of the garden it was less than a meter tall . could some one please help me identify it .I think it has White flowers . the roots were spread was non existent.

[matt_95]

I think it is a gardenia. Does it smell really nice? The flowers, not the leaves.

[matt_95]

Is the plant in the background of the second picture the same plant? Thats where I got my ID from. It looks like it has some defiancy too. I think iron.

[Paulneill]

yea according to the misses it does . so you are probably right .thank you .

[Paulneill]

Yea Matt there was too of them the one i dug was a lot more healthy green looking . I didn't think they were supposed to have yellow leaves .Thanks for that , I justed googled gardenia bonsai and they were all styled like azaleas . should i treat these like azaleas ?

[matt_95]

I don't grow either of them sorry. I often see them with sooty mold and yellow leaves. I think they can be pretty finicky.

[Jamie]

hi mate

yep you can style like azalea. not sure bout soil conditions (as in azalea like acidic conditions). you should get some profuse flowering but I am undeer the impression (not 100% sure) that they like to flower on new wood. so maybe specific pruning will help with this.

[Dario]

Hi matt_95, if it is a gardenia, check this web page out...it isn't for bonsai, but it says that they do like an acidic soil etc...
Hope it is of some use?
http://search.abc.net.au/search/search. ... y=gardenia
Dario.

[matt_95]

Thanks Dario, but I'm not the one with the gardenia





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