2. Gardenias If you're looking for the best flower for a nice smelling backyard and that will add an enchanting fragrance to your patio seating area, Linda tells us that you can't go wrong with a ...

Buy grafted gardenias for planting out in the yard. The dwarf Gardenia jasminoides ‘radicans’ is a small ground cover that is best left in a pot.

Growing gardenias Gardenias are acid-loving plants like azaleas and hollies; they grow best in soils with pH in the range of 5.0 to 6.5.

A great new gardenia cultivar called Frostproof (Gardenia jasminoides Frostproof) will be the first of the spring Louisiana Super Plant selections to be announced by the LSU AgCenter.

Q: What would be causing the slow death of our dwarf gardenias? These green leaves on the left and yellowed leaves on the right are both on the same plant. We have two other plants on either side ...

"Who says you can’t grow fruit trees in containers," says Linda. "New ‘dwarf,’ or more compact varieties, are making beautiful, bountiful harvests possible, no matter how petite your patio ...

Gardenias are evergreen shrubs that grow in height from two to 15 feet (depending on the cultivar), with glossy, dark-green foliage. Their leaves are oval shaped, and flowers vary in color from ...