We recently purchased a gardenia. It has produced buds, but, now, instead of opening the buds are drying up and falling off. What are we doing wrong? Thank you.

Hi threeants...there could be a few reasons:

"The most irritating problem encountered with gardenias is "bud drop,"when flower buds abort just before blooming. Common causes include low humidity, over-watering, under-watering, insufficient light high temperatures, rapid temperature fluctuations, cold drafts or change in plant locations. In other words, gardenias are temperamental! Plants that do not set flower buds may be experiencing too much warmth."

I found this information and quite a bit of other useful info on Gardenias Here

Good luck! Gardenias are so beautiful, but can be very frustrating to grow.

Thank you. Hopefully it was just the light and humidity as the plant wasn't near a window.