This year's try to save my gardenia. Last year I put a bucket over it with a glass top and it survived but it never thrived last summer probably due to the stress of the winter.
The location is on the south side of my house so I keep trying. I think I will buy some lava rock to try to keep the ground warmer underneath the tent.
If Oklahoma ever gets a really mild winner I might have gardenias eventually.
Why fight mother nature? Grow natives outdoors. To grow a gardenia, a most sensitive plant, one must mimic greenhouse conditions. Pot it up. Bring it indoors for the winter, to a sunny window, cover it with a vented plastic bag & keep it humid. Next year put the pot & all in the ground so it will be easier to bring indoors the following winter. I kept one alive until I forgot one year. I was in Wisconsin where we used to have winters. Good luck.
You need to vent it, on a sunny winter day it will get too hot under there!
I am afraid plastic is only going to freezer burn the poor plant. Maybe build a temporary straw bale sided cold frame for it.
As much as I hate July and August weather here, I sure appreciate our zone 9 baby winters!
Gardenias like heat and humidity. Perhaps in a container would be better?
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