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 ...

We gardeners are always wondering about the same things. We wonder why our yellow rose blooms red, we wonder why our apricot tree won’t fruit, we wonder why our azalea drops leaves, and why our ...

QI have had a gardenia in my garden for a number of years. When I purchased it at the nursery, it was blooming beautifully, but after the first year, I have not gotten any blooms Well, I have gotten ...

Look around any Southern garden and you'll spot gardenias: those evergreen shrubs with snowy white flowers that release their sweet perfume all summer. Gardenia's glossy leaves tough it out in high ...

If you’ve ever walked past a flowering gardenia plant, you know just how powerfully fragrant they are. The scent casts a wide net, stretching out to anyone who walks in relative proximity and is also ...

One of the most widely planted landscape shrubs in Louisiana is the gardenia. Gardenias occasionally are prone to disease problems. This is typically due to improper or poor management practices in ...

DEAR JESSICA: I was a little confused after reading your Feb. 16 column about hardening off hibiscus plants. We have a hibiscus that stays in our greenhouse over the winter, and it gets put out in the ...

Like many floral perfumes, gardenia fragrances can be a difficult scent to shop for because they tend to come across as old-fashioned. However, gardenia can be summery, light and even exotic when ...