Water Rooting Gardenia’s

It was a delight of the senses today to walk out into the front yard and be graced with a soft wind carrying the fragrance of the gardenia bushes through the air.  I have been working on creating a gardenia hedge to border our yard, gardenia’s are wonderful for cutting propagation methods.  All you need to do is cut branches from a healthy plant, remove lower leaves and place in water.  Keep the water fresh and place plant in a warm location with good light but not direct light.  In a few weeks small white roots will begin appearing along the stem in water.  Some wrap the stems in paper towels before putting in the water. I don’t and have never had issue with rootings.