Have you looked at taking cuttings & trying to root descendents from these
just in case? I'm a pretty lousy plant doctor, so I tend to go for the
perpetual lineage method.... Let's see...
Here's what I came up with on Google:
Gardenias,
http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modop/00000652.html
http://www.ccenassau.org/hort/fact_s...enia_nov01.pdf
http://www.myhouseplants.com/flowerdb/gardenia.html
I like the last one best because it says that one can propagate any time
.
Ooh, a mum society. http://www.mums.org/disc/

ok, that's all. Good luck!

Arwen

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Lisa wrote:

Hi all,

I recently received 2 plants - a Gardenia and a red Mum. I was trying
to keep these going inside my house, but they both look kinda peaky. I
have had them about a month now. I am not sure why...they have
adequate water, but not too much. I have also put some fertilizer
sticks in each of their pots. I thought maybe they would fare better
outside, but I didn't know if it is too late to plant them outside.
It's VERY important to me that these plants live. Can anyone here give
suggestions for how to either
1) plant them outside now, if it's possible, and what to do to ensure
their success
or
2) keep them alive inside. They both have leaves that are turning
brown, and the mum's blooms have died. The gardenia is losing some of
its leaves.

TIA!
Lisa