mine are in full sun at the moment, but I have planted a tree to replace one I lost that will give them some dappled sun. They are an acid lover, so I top dress with compost and peat when I can. That means when I remember. lol

I have one in full sun, and one in partial sun/shade in afternoon. The one that is getting some shade is close to the oak, and is definitely happier. Lots and lots of buds this year!
I feed mine acid lover fertilizer, when I remember. Coffee grounds, peat and compost, when I have them

Olya

Thanks for the information! When I first moved back to Orlando and into this house I thought they were total sun lovers. But from what you've said and from what I've seen, they are very happy with at least a little shade. I'll have to treat them to some coffee grounds to keep them happy!

Solstice, what a Gorgeous Gardenia Flower...

I have a 2 grafted Miami supreme, and a dwarf radicans. They get morning sun and afternoon shade. I feed mine with miracid every two weeks, per recommendation on the package. They are blooming for me for the first time. I bought them last December...

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My beautiful gardenia (that I had found covered with mold, and buried under an overgrown plumbago & invasives and painstakingly brought back to life) was living happily in the dappled shade of a crepe myrtle tree...I can almost smell the beautiful flowers floating in a snifter still...so in my very limited experience they seemed to love a bit of shade (until it was uncerimoniously yanked out and tossed aside by the sink hole repair company guys while I sat in the house unaware of the horror happening out front that is). :(

Tried to save her by replanting, etc., but no go.

Puglvr, I'm loving the idea of getting another but keeping it safely in a pot.

Nat (who had 2 pugs growing up, Betsi & Precious :) )

I have the blooms floating in glasses all over the house. I am getting a whiff right now from the 3 on my desk. YUM!!

My gardenia is in full sun and it very happy and healthy.
It gets fertilized about once a year.

Solstice- my gardenia sounds like yours; loaded witrh hundres of buds. Infact many of the branches are sagging due to the weight from all the buds.

I'm nursing one I rescued from certain death at the abandoned house next door back to health. I've been putting my coffee grounds around it every morning, and it seems to like them, although it still looks awful. Hopefully, it's making roots.

OMGosh solstice98...love that picture! I will definitely put gardenia in my backyard flower beds...ummmm can smell them now!!

Kim

did someone say gardenias?
mine are in full blossom. this is the smaller of the two.

i'd say full shade for these. miami rootstock. never watered. hardly fertilized. the yard is pungent.

Beautiful pics!

The difference this year is that we have had a warm winter , a wet winter and an unusually wet Spring - until now .
All kinds of long established flowering plants in my yard are blooming profusely this year and have not bloomed as much in the past .

Mmmmmmmmm......... I can almost smell them right through the screen. Delicious! Thanks for sharing the pictures everyone.

I don't have any gardenias, but my gramma used to have a huge bush by her front walkway, it was in part shade. I still remember how wonderful they smelled.