Trim Back Gardenia

Do you just trim back a gardenia bush or can you cut it back very short? I don’t want to destroy the plant. It is taking over the area where it is planted.

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#1 Comment By Heather On 07/05/2011 @ 3:29 pm

You can cut back gardenias by 1/3 per year. Any more than this and you could kill the plant.

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