You'll want to stop fertilizing gardenias at least two months before your first freeze. Fertilizing can lead to tender new growth that gets damaged in winter. Refresh the mulch around your gardenias ...

Wow, a hardy gardenia -- who knew? We are more accustomed to gardenias as houseplants, or we have seen them outdoors in California, but 'Kleim's Hardy' is a small, evergreen shrub that is hardy to ...

Q: I bought several angels trumpet plants this year. They have had several blooms and are 6 feet tall and are planted in a flower bed. Will they usually be winter hardy -- I live in south Arkansas? If ...

Q: I have a gardenia shrub in a container. The plant is about 25 years old. I've always taken it indoors every frost season. It loses a lot of leaves, but it always leafs out again and blooms nicely.

A thriving potted gardenia plant sits on a porch. - Rukman Limbu/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Gardenias are extremely popular, yet notoriously hard to grow.

Intensely alluring, gardenias embody romance. It's not just the seductive fragrance or the dazzling white, lushly textured blossoms, it's that they appear so irresistibly elegant, yet impossibly ...

Whenever I pass the hardy gardenia plants in the nursery, I have to stop to smell them or pick one. They are truly one of my favorite scents. I have a beautiful bloom on my kitchen table right now. I ...

Q: I purchased a gardenia this spring at the nursery. How do I take care of it? - Alyssa from Walden A: Gardenias are prized by gardeners for their highly fragrant flowers and bright, glossy, ...

SALISBURY — The fragrance of a gardenia bloom is one that cannot be mistaken. Winter daphne is the only shrub that would rival this elegant shrub. The fragrance of the shrub can permeate a landscape, ...

Do you have the large gardenia called "Miami Supreme" or the tiny one called "Radicans"? How about gardenias such as "Little Gem," "Camellia," "Mystery," "Veitchii," "Belmont" or several others? If so ...