Garden

[JustJazzmom]

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

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@JustJazzmom wrote:

@Puppy Lips  Are the leaves uniformly yellow with bright green central vein visible? It could be chlorosis which needs a product called Ironite. If planted too close to a cement foundation or bricks, or sidewalk, the lime from the cement leeches into the soil & the plant takes it in from the roots causing the chlorosis. The Ironite helps alter the pH so the plant's leaves stop yellowing. It's a liquid product.

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@JustJazzmom Actually, yes, that does describe the leaves.  Not all of them, just some of them.  I would say the bush is about 8 feet away from the house.  I did buy some plant food that makes the soil acidic, so I will see how that does.  So, forgive me for asking a dumb question, but can I just cut the flowers off then to bring them in the house?  Does cutting them off make it bloom more?

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I'm not sure if it makes more blooms if you cut off blooms. In our area, gardenia is a house plant.

Southern gardeners, can you help out? 

[mousiegirl]

@Puppy Lips   Absolutely cut the flowers, when they die on the shrub they are ugly, turn brown.  I do feed mine acidic fertilizer, at least once a year, leaves are very green, but there will be yellow leaves at times, just knock them off, lol.