So, Nuno Souto said:

|| Fri, 13 Dec 2002 06:02:48 +1100, Jane VR said (and I quote):
|| Augie wrote:
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|| They get morning shade, then midday sun, then afternoon shade. They are
|| in a garden bed.
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|| I've noticed the midday sun is burning my gardenia, even though I give
|| it plenty of water. I think it can't take the water up fast enough when
|| it's hot. It has no buds I'm going to move it, I think.
||
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|| But folks: gardenias usually dot the sideroads up here in NW Sydney.
|| They are just about bullet proof. I just can't understand why some do
|| flower and others just point blank refuse. Gotta ask the council
|| people...
||
||
I have one at work, around 20 years old and HUGE, which is in full sun
all day long and flowers prolifically.
Sigh.
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Augie
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