The gardenia (Gardenia spp) family encompasses a variety of plants ranging from flowers in containers to bushes and even trees. They grow best in Zones 8 through 11, although they can be grown in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. blooming white gardenias in a home garden with plant care 101 overlay graphic Often considered the temperamental diva of the plant ...

Like most of you, Grumpy loves a gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides). If there is a plant on Earth whose flowers emit a more powerfully sweet scent, I haven't smelled it. There are many places to plant a ...

After our colder winter months, it’s time to start thinking about pruning the shrubs in the yard and remove any cold damage.

Question: Our gardenia has grown a little taller then we would like and has finished flowering. Is now a good time to do the pruning? Answer: Often gardenias produce sporadic blooms during the summer ...

The Gardenia genus was named for Scottish physician and naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791). In 1754, Garden collected plants and animals and began sending them to the Irish linen merchant and ...

Q: I have two gardenia bushes that became huge this summer and definitely need to be cut way back. Is now a good time to cut them back? I don’t want to shock them but they’re right up against our ...

We have ended up with a few “tweeners” – that is, plants that can be large shrubs or small trees. One of these is called the ...

Based on my personal experience, I have concluded that a jolly dentist is about as rare as a floriferous gardenia. So it is only fitting that Dr. Cerniglia, the jolliest dentist I know, has a gardenia ...