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From: seb@mtgzy.UUCP (s.e.badian)
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Subject: Re: Growing Gardenias
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 13:49:05 EST
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	Oh, gardenias are one of the most tempermental plants around.
Though I have never grown them (I'm allergic to the flowers), I have
read that they are very difficult. First they like sun, but they also
like it quite cool. But no drafts. So if you have a cool, sunny sun
porch with no drafts, you might have some success. Second, they need
lots of iron. Be sure to feed them a fertilizer for evergreens. The
first conditions are much more difficult to provide, and I would 
imagine this is where most gardeners fail in providing for their
gardenias.

Sharon Badian
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