Are Gardenias an indoor or outdoor plant?
If you have winter, they are an indoor plant. If you live where it's warm all year, it's an outdoor plant (or both).
Put it in a big pot, and bring it inside when the weather gets below 50 degrees (or so).
Reply:I live in Georgia. I have two Gardenias that are at least 18 years old and they are both so big, I can't see over the top of them. Also, they have a girth (distance around) of 20 feet!
Using them as a house or patio plant I guess would work. I never tried pruning them back, I guess you could.
When you go to the nursery, the plant should have a tag on it, and it will tell you how large it will be at maturity.
Amazingly, they survived the 3 day cold blast we had. The temp went down to 27 degrees, rare in Georgia for that time of year. All of our deciduous trees were in full bloom and we lost 75% of our crops. But, the Gardenias received no damage. The only reason I mention that is because someone was writing about cold weather and the different planting zones.
I hope you can work something out, as I too am very fond of the Gardenia.
Reply:Oregon is too cold for gardenias in the winter. However, they'd be fine outside on your patio in the summer. The best way to determine when to put them out (and bring them back inside) would be to check the variety for the hardiness zone and compare that against your own zone (you are probably in a zone 5 to 7?) and Gardenias likely do best in zone 8 to 10? (this means find the minimum temp for zone 8 (maybe 15 degrees or so?) and bring your Gardenias inside before your area hits that temp (or sooner--check zone 10's minimum and use that for best results.) Also, a plant will be hit harder by cold temps if it is in a pot than if it is in the ground so a patio plant will need to come inside sooner.
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