I have a gardenia bush in my yard that was there when we moved in last summer. It is very "leggy" and when the buds started to form this year, the poor thing started drooping! Needless to say, it doesn't look very nice with all the flowers touching the ground! I know that I can prune it back, but I want it to be full of blooms again next year! So what do I need to do to keep it from being so bare in the center? And keep the flowers from dragging? TIA!

few questions. i'm from south florida where gardenias grow outdoors year round and HUGE! my parents had a 6 ft wooden fence and the neighbors gardenia hung over it and my dad would cut the flowers and bring them indoors! anyhow- i am now a northerner. i got a gardenia plant to keep indoors. over the winter it was just fine and happy. when it started to warm up i brought it outdoors- i thought they liked full sun. i fried it! the leaves literally looked like they had cooked! the soil was kept moist but drained well. anyhow, i finally repotted it, pulled off the fried leaves, and moved it to the porch- it gets full sun for a few hours in early morning and the rest is shade. now i noticed a few new leaves but now the ones i hadn't fried in the first place are turning brown starting at the edges! what's wrong now? i know they need slightly acidic soil and i fertilized it with the acidic miracle grow to help it out. but the leaves keep shriveling up! any other suggestions???