Question: I have a large gardenia bush that needs trimming. When is the best time to reduce the height and width? Answer: Major pruning for gardenia shrubs is usually after the spring bloom of around ...

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 ...

Gardenias can be sensitive to extended frosts and benefit from proper overwinter care. Follow these expert tips to protect your gardenias in winter.

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A: Ideally, just after spring blooms. Trim the branches at varying lengths to encourage a more natural-looking shape and dense foliage. Prune up to about a third. Keep the soil consistently moist but ...

If you see yellow foliage on your gardenia bush and, after trying everything to ameliorate the situation, still see yellow and, even worse, fear that your plant may soon be ready for the compost heap, ...

Yes, that's a banana tree growing in Hylton Hobday's Hampden Twp. front yard. Hylton Hobday's house would blend into Hampden Twp. suburbia if it weren't for his banana tree in the front yard... And ...

In late spring, in the remnants of a garden behind an office that was once a home in an older part of town, there is a gardenia bush that has steadfastly bloomed for decades. Through the years and as ...

Q: I have an overgrown gardenia bush at the corner of my house. When is the right time to prune it? The gardenia has lots of flowers every year, and I don’t want to mess that up. A: Prune a gardenia ...

Question: My beautiful gardenia bushes have stopped blooming for this year. When is the proper time to prune these shrubs? Answer: Immediately after flowering is the time to give these shrubs needed ...

Maybe today's change of pace will connect more broadly than politics. Maybe the late-winter arctic blast in Arkansas performed a hit-and-run on your gardenia bushes too. This is the parable of the ...