Indoor Gardenia Yellowing Leaves: Light Deficiency, Not Disease, and When to Expect Blooms

Gardenia leaves

Gardenia on balcony indoors has brown spots and yellowing leaves. Asks if fungal, if flowering size.

Yellowing = Light Issue

Oldest foliage yellows when light drops. Even moving a plant within a window can cause shedding. Needs 8+ hours direct sun.

Plant is old enough to bloom, but it's young. Remove any flowers that form for the first year to let it grow.

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