My gardenia has brown dry leaves after a cold winter. It has never done this before. Is it dead or do I need to trim it?

My gardenia has brown dry leaves after a cold winter. It has never done this before. Is it dead or do I need to trim it?
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Trim them and make a trench around them. Re-check soil. She just might come back.
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