if a gardenia bush is all brown, is it dead or will it come back in the spring

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Gardenia plants are inside plants up north.............and some real warm area's had frost............they won't survive a frost.............but keep checking at the base of the plant for life in the spring.  Sorry to have to say it does not sound good for this plant.

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