My gardenia told me today to please for the love of god just water me already. I think it was good for our relationship for it to understand who is in charge. While turning on the water, words from my mom popped into my head about some plants not appreciating “really cold” water. Of course this must include the fickle gardenia (I thought while not bothering to Google anything related to this idea). So I quickly turned the temperature to a “moderately cool” and put an end to my gardenia’s complaints. There’s a problem with watering as I filled the soil too close to the top of the plant and often it means taking a few extra minutes to slowly wait for the water to absorb into the soil before adding more. My gardenia doesn’t seem to mind this extra time with me. At least, it hasn’t expressed that. Yet.
