Hi Wiguy, Thank you for the nice email!! Im so happy that your cuttings did well for you.. seems like it was in Feb? When you posted about info on the GiryyMix and Al sent me info about you inquiring about Plumeria. So glad to help you!! Everything looks great!!! Way to go!! I wanted to post your pic of you Gardenia for you. The Plumeria look great. Get them outside and water them when they need it. Probably evry couple of days , since they are in Gritty Mix. Looking Good! Congratulations!! Laura Hopefully someone will help you on the Gardenias..

Thank you, Chris. You are right - looks like a gardenia radicans. Googled it up and sure enough, there was a picture of it and now hubby is convinced that it is a gardenia and not a jasmine.

Aslan...... The fact that you said..."there still MUST be plenty of moisture scares me" worries me..lol You can't take a chance with gardenia when it comes to moisture in your root zone, especially at a time like this. Do yourself and your tree a favor and get a wooden barbecue skewer or a wooden dowel and check for moisture in the root zone to make 'absolutely' certain there is until you get use to watering the mix. You can't afford to let the root zone go completely dry and you can't afford to over water either. You have to make sure that when you pull the stick out after checking the roots that it is not dry, nor still wet. With gardenia, you need to water before it gets completely dry, evenly moist they call it..Get it? :-) Newgen..How are you? The 5.1.1 mix is good for short term plantings and the gritty mix for long term plantings within the same pots for periods of time. Both are excellent though and it's up to you to choose onne that lasts longer than the other. Good luck:-)

Hello, Sue. Gardenias are so very sensitive plants that it is not rare to loose 30% of the buds in a plant just "because". That is why some people call them temperamental. But such uncontrollable things as rapid temperature fluctuations, low humidity, too much shade, cold temperatures and change in location (from the nursery to your home; even from changes within your own yard) can actually make the plant drop/abort buds. I would not be concerned about the yellow leaves from your description. A few yellow leaves is not a sign of trouble. Most of my plants have some here and there this time of the year. And some varieties will actually drop leaves just prior to blooming. Thanks for the potting soil info, Sue. Luis