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| Very Sad Gardenia |
I purchased this gardenia a few months ago and have had no luck with it whatsoever. See all the new green growth? I promise you it will be dead in two weeks! (Note the top right of the plant). It is a vicious cycle with this plant - put out new growth, new growth dies, repeat, repeat, repeat. No flowers anywhere in sight!
I have the plant in a fairly large terra cotta planter in the family room. Indirect sunlight. No temperature flucuations to speak of. I placed small pebbles in the saucer and set the planter on top of the pebbles. I keep the pebbles barely covered with water because I read somewhere that gardenias like humidity but not "wet feet". I water only when dry and fertilize once a month. And still this plant just isn't happy.
I can't plant it outside - we live in the wrong planting zone and it would surely die if left outside over the winter. Any suggestions?
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