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RE: Gardenias

I've also been keeping a gardenia indoors (in my office at work). I
acidified the soil by adding orchid bark to the regular potting mixture, and
have fed it standard houseplant food.

My gardenia lives (reluctantly) under a grow-light during the week, but gets
full sunlight in a window over the weekend, and always has a few new leaves
on Monday. So I second Kathy's comment about the indoor/outdoor needs of
gardenias -- they do thrive when given plenty of sunlight, and they know the
difference between grow-lights and the real thing. 

Heather
Seattle, WA
(zone 5?)

> ----------
> From: 	meistrel@nwark.com[SMTP:meistrel@nwark.com]
> Sent: 	Sunday, February 15, 1998 1:24 PM
> To: 	indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
> Subject: 	Re: Gardenias, Daturas and Clivias
> 
> >I was just wondering if anyone here has ever been able to keep a Gardenia
> >plant growing indoors (sans greenhouse, I mean).  I have tried a couple
> of
> >times, but they don't seem to last past a few months. They always seem to
> >contract some sort of ailment (once was mealybugs, another time the
> leaves
> >just started to drop off).  I would really love to try again, as I find
> the
> scent to be one of the most delicious!!
>         
>         I have a gardenia plant...more like a bush...that is an
> indoor/outdoor plant. It is nearly six years old.  Gardenias are acid
> loving
> plants.  Feed it *Miracle Grow* for Azaleas.  My plant stays indoors in a
> southern window (supplemented with florescent lights) from late October
> until late April.  Sometimes it blooms when it's inside, but not very
> often.
> I put it outdoors after the 15th of April in a semi-sunny/partly shady
> place.  It produces flowers from May until July.  When it is hot and dry
> during July and August, gardenias (like all of us) want a frequent long
> cold
> drink.
> 
> Kathy (meistrel@nwark.com) in Fayetteville, Arkansas--Zone 6
> 
>
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