I got a new Gardenia Fortuniana. It is wilting. I put it in full sun outside on my porch. One stem withered. I cut it off.
So, I put it inside in a partial sun situation. A couple leaves withered.
Then, I moved it to an indirect sun situation and, next, the lone bud it came with, which thrilled me so, turned black and fell off a week later.
It looked a little sad, so I thought to give it fertilizer. So, I gave it Expert fertilizer (Walmart brand). I used this fertilizer on all my plants and they loved it.
Four days later, the leaves drooped. Some turned brown.
I didn't know what to do, so I put it outside again in a 75% sun situation under a tempered glass table.
It seemed okay for a week or so, then it dropped again.
So I moved it inside and it drooped a lot more.
Then I moved it outside on the table for 100% sun, because I read Gardenia like sun.
After doing that, most of the leaves turned brown and a stem looks dead now.
There is one stem left.
What do you think is happening?
It was in a 4 inch pot when I got it. I moved it to this grand pot ready for it's supreme arrival, which is 8 inches.
I used Miracle Grow potting soil which I used for a bougainvillea, spider plants, and a jasmine - which are thriving.
