The first step is to understand why your particular gardenia’s leaves are yellowing, so that you can target the problem at the source and return your plant to good health. See also: 5 mistakes ...

3 key reasons why gardenia leaves can turn yellow Check whether the following causes could apply to your plant, to help ...

A: Plant uptake of nutrients is limited in high pH soils. Frequently gardenia plants will become yellow (chlorotic) due to iron deficiency caused by alkaline soils. There are a couple of remedies.

QUESTION: We gave our gardenia a good feeding this spring, but much of the foliage is still yellow and leaves are dropping. The blossoms that do open are full of small insects. Can you cure these p… ...

These plants, such as gardenia, azalea, Southern magnolia, cherry laurel, Indian hawthorn, camellia, hollies, ligustrum, sweet olive, banana shrub, cleyera, viburnum and others, do not lose all of ...

Watering too seldom or watering too frequently can cause gardenia leaves to yellow and drop. (NOLA.com|The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: I have a gardenia growing in a container that was ...

If your plants display the characteristic yellowing indicative of iron- deficiency, but show no root damage, diseases or insect infestation, your soil is probably too alkaline. That means it is ...

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A quality gardenia fertilizer, such as a 10-0-10 plus secondary nutrients, such as magnesium, iron and manganese, applied three times per year, in February, July and October, will correct the problem.

But, then, the plant enters the home environment where hot, dry air and gloomy winter days send the gardenia in a downward spiral. Those delicate flower buds, so filled with promise of good things to ...