Man oh man, GREAT question!

PLEASE helps us..P.s...I noticed your beauty of a gardenia in the back round..:-)

Where did you get that beauty?...It is nice and full. I want one..:-)

Mike..:-)

meyermike_1micha, thanks for noticing the gardenia. It's been very good to me. It was purchased from a local nursery. I have a thread about it here with better pics:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/fragrant/msg0417323412177.html?5

It's a great achievement even you just got it into flowering. My discovery is that keep them on the dry side. I always waited for it to slightly wilt a bit before I water.

The Osmanthus looks perfect. All you need is a bit patience. When the new growth matured, you are going to have lots of bloom. I found that Fudingzhu has two or three massive blooms each year, other time, you get relative sparse flowers. The new growth has to mature a bit to have massive blooms. It's always a good time when you have so much new growth.

Try to brew some compost tea for it, it loves well done organic fertilizer. Don't use too much chemical fertilizer on it. It doesn't respond well to high salt at all.

Strong work.

Compost tea, great idea. Not as lovely as pig manure tea I am sure, but compost I have and won't freak out the family!

Thank you yellowthumb for your continued mentorship. I hope I will have pictures of profusing blooming to share in the future

Mine love HALF strength Miracle Grow every once in awhile.
Cute little thing, blooming so young.
Can't beat the smell of the blooms though.
They bloom more in the fall in South Carolina, although mine are still blooming a little now.
GOod Luck with it, I hope you enjoy it.

Hi butterfly4u. Where the heck have you been? It is good to see you back...I will be back later with a few pics of mine too..

They love Foliage Pro, although mine too don't seem to flower as much as the mother tree...;-)