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Spend a few minutes deadheading each week when the gardenias are actively in bloom. After the main flush of flowering is over, remove any remaining spent blooms and prune back the tips. Tip pruning encourages branching so the gardenia can produce more flower buds the following season.
Determine whether or not to deadhead the blooms. You can deadhead faded blooms before they drop, but doing so is not strictly necessary for rosa rugosa shrubs. The rose hips are often considered part of the display or aesthetic appeal of the shrub, and deadheading would remove these hips.