Beginner Gardening: help with my gardenias, 1 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
Now, I keep in mind I am knocking on wood the entire time I type this!

I am having my first gardenia last more than two weeks, this year.

Of course, since I am in Buffalo, I have to container grow them!

Purchased round mother's day (that annual flood of gardenia plants time).

I have found that if I do not transplant things into larger containers right aways, they just might not make it, so this one I transplanted immediately upon its arrival home. Blooms didn't rot, and all things seem great, so far!

Humidity IS key, as is watching for those pesky spider mites, etc.!

I did put it outside a bit early, and the leaves started to look slightly off, so I moved it back into the greenhouse, but now that the weather here is great, it is back to hanging outside.

She's even putting out new growth for me, which is a first!