I keep my Gardenias inside and they thank me by blooming sporadically all winter.
I keep trying to figure out my gardinias/azaleas. All of the things I read are opposite. Inside, outside, wet, dry, sunny, shade. I love them but I haven't figured out how to make them thrive. I just have nursery stock azaleas, I am not sure how that is different from satsuki.
I have tried to grow Gardenias for years because they were my mom's favorite. I never succeeded. I tried one more time with some braided ones from Lowes a couple of years ago and I don't know what the secret sauce was but I finally succeeded and they thrive inside close to the lights for the winter and in the sun in the summer. They are not bonsai. I do have one bonsai Gardenia and it is alive but not doing as well as the patio plants. My Satsuki's are in the an unheated, detached garage. Interestingly, last year I bought an unnamed azalea at Wal-mart around Valentine's day. There were four plants in the pot. I separated them in the late spring and they rebloomed in July. As an experiment, I put two in the garage and kept two inside under the lights. The two in the garage are alive but don't look great. The two under the lights are doing great and both are about to bloom. Maybe just a fluke but I didn't know how hardy they were. Pure experimentation and luck on my part.
How did you get that incredibly detailed temperature chart?
It’s the Govee app that’s used with their sensors. I placed a couple in the insulated space and one outside so that I can overlay the charts. The app gives relative humidity as well
I miss the Milwaukee temps. Looks down right tropical
One thing I didn’t expect was how traditional thermostats do not go under 41F. Going to do some digging this year for a solution(for next winter) but for this winter, I just installed some smart thermostats that alert me when it hits 34F so I can manually turn it on via an app regardless of where Im at. Coupled with wifi garage door openers, I’ve been able to modulate the temps(for the most part) remotely!
LOL If I get out now I have to leave all my outdoor trees behind. They are locked under a layer of snow and ice on the north side of my house.Get out of there @Flowerhouse, save yourself!
You are a much braver woman than me, I hope things don't get that bad for you.
This is the earliest spring I can remember and Ive lived here 40 years. But… winter isn’t done with us yet. This is going to be one of those years where we get a hard freeze again that kills all the blooms and buds. I’ve seen it time and time again. I swear charlotte’s weather smokes crack.
Around here, that forecast is a major winter storm. We have had our main 3 lane highway shut down and people stranded in their cars during such a storm. One winter where we got 2 feet from a storm. Wecare one ofvthe last areas to get plowed and they didn't get to plowing our road for 2 days and we were snowed in.
Where are you seeing that? I know its a long island, but on the south shore there's no snow predicted in the next 10 days.
