No Moon it is not hardy in Zone 7. I must go back through all my Logee invoices and see what this is. The leaves are not those of a gardenia. Actually what happened with this plant is quite funny. I purchased it at least a year ago and put it on the South (sunny deck) and it never bloomed. I moved it inside since it looked like it was getting too much sun and it did not bloom (East exposure and morning sun). It just sat there and did nothing but draw mealy bugs and at lest once a month I would take it out scrub it good and this past early Spring it had mealy bug and all the leaves were falling off. I got tired of pampering it and took it outside along with another gardenia that was making me crazy with problems, and put them on what I call my "sick" shelf.
They got no water other than the rain. I sprayed them both after washing them and just ignored them. This is what it looks like today, More blooms and just as happy as can be. Isn't that typical? Sometimes I wonder why I keep doing this propagation and pampering.
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