I have a gardenia my best friend gave to me last spring. It was lovely and blooming through the summer. I brought it in when the weather began getting colder, and that's when the trouble started. I have it in an east window, but it doesn't get much sunlight, just light from a sun light bulb that I turn on my plants almost daily for a few hours. After bringing it in, it stopped blooming, and has now shed almost all of it's leaves. At this date there are far fewer leaves left than this picture shows. I'm thinking that perhaps this is a normal cycle for the plant since it has woody stems, but I don't know that for sure. If anyone can tell me (please!) if I'm guessing right, or if there is something else I should do for the plant to save it. Any help would be really appreciated, I don't want to lose this beauty! Thanks!! gypsy
Need help with over-wintering gardenia plant
It wants a LOT of humidity. It has lost the leaves due to a lack of humidity. Put it on a pebble tray and give it 12 hours of light a day.
You can also put in some slender LONG stakes and put a dry cleaning bag over it to increase the humidity as it sits on a pebble tray but make sure the leaves do not ever touch the plastic.
Thank you so much for your suggestions pirl! My gardenia is now in a pebble tray and is getting much more light. There are new leaves appearing every day, and I noticed this morning that there are gobs of flower buds coming on! You've made me and my gardenia very happy!!
Hurray! If you can use the humidity dry cleaning bag for 12 hours a day it should be happy.
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