Question
hey , 1st of all thanks for helping me and i'd like to ask you about a plant i have just bought called gardenia , when i bought it ,it had flowers but not yet opened and the first flower opened and kept for several days and then died but after that every flower that was goimg to open dies it dries from the part connected to the plant and becomes black so the flower fall down plz help if you can thx  

Answer
Mohamed,

Gardenias are wonderful plants that need lots of sun and warm temperatures. They also prefer sandy soil and most of the ones in stores are in peat based soil which holds too much moisture and keeps them too wet. They do very well in Florida and other tropical ares in full sun, sandy soil and warm temps. To keep them healthy and blooming you need to duplicate their conditions in a tropical area. When the soil is too wet and they are not receiving enough light or they get cool drafts they tend to drop their buds. Keep it out of any drafts. Move it to a sunnier location and let it dry out more between waterings. Good luck.

Darlene