One kind word can warm three winter months.
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How to Grow and Care for Gardenias
Best known for their fragrant white flowers, gardenias are heat-loving evergreen shrubs that have become a gardening symbol in the Southeast. They're also popular — if finicky — houseplants. | |
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How to Grow and Care for Aeoniums
These rosette succulents are popular garden plants in arid climates and make excellent container plants, though they require a lot of light indoors. | |
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Poinsettias Are Still Number One
Poinsettias are not only the number one holiday plant, they also are one of the top flowering potted plants in the United States. Modern poinsettia varieties offer more color variations and are more vigorous and longer lasting. | |
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The Gnats of Winter
Tiny flying insects that live in potted plants, fungus gnats are not only bothersome, their larvae can also seriously damage seedlings being grown indoors. | |
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Green Up Your Home
Freezing weather has taken much of the color from our landscapes, so now is a good time to focus on our indoor gardens. There is so much we can do to decorate and brighten our homes with plants. | |
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Wax Plant (Hoya carnosa)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent, Vine Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F) Leaves: Evergreen, Other Flowers: Showy, Fragrant Flower Color: White, Other Bloom Size: Under 1" Flower Time: Late spring or early summer, Summer, Other Suitable Locations: Houseplant Uses: Houseplant Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds, Butterflies Resistances: Humidity tolerant Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots, Prefers to be under-potted, Suitable for hanging baskets
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Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Eat Our Wake Pintaheads')
Hybridizer: Bachman Year of Registration or Introduction: 2008 Foliage type: Semi-evergreen Scape height: 39 inches (99 cm) Bloom size: 8 inches (20 cm) Bloom time: Midseason-Late Plant Traits: Diurnal Bud Count: 26-30 Branching: 4-way Bloom Form: Double, Unusual Form Color description: bubble gum pink with lighter midribs above yellow green throat AHS Awards: Honorable Mention Plant Habit: Herb/Forb Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) Flowers: Showy Ploidy: Diploid Parentage: (Look Here Mary x Big Ross) x Frilly Bliss
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Orange Jessamine (Murraya paniculata)
Plant Habit: Shrub, Tree Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade, Partial or Dappled Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F) Plant Height: 8 to 15 feet Plant Spread: 6 to 12 feet Leaves: Evergreen, Broadleaf Fruit: Showy, Edible to birds, Other Fruiting Time: Year Round Flowers: Showy, Fragrant Flower Color: White Bloom Size: Under 1" Flower Time: Year Round Suitable Locations: Street Tree, Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree Uses: Windbreak or Hedge, Medicinal Herb, Will Naturalize, Useful for timber production Wildlife Attractant: Birds, Bees Resistances: Humidity tolerant Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger, Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus)
Plant Habit: Fern Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F) Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches Plant Spread: 18 to 24 inches Leaves: Evergreen, Other Suitable Locations: Houseplant Uses: Groundcover Resistances: Humidity tolerant Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots, Suitable for hanging baskets Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
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Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent Life cycle: Perennial Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade Water Preferences: Mesic Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F) Plant Height: 8-10 inches Plant Spread: 12 inches Leaves: Evergreen, Other Flowers: Showy Flower Color: Pink, Other, Purple Bloom Size: 1"-2" Flower Time: Late winter or early spring, Late fall or early winter, Fall, Winter Resistances: Humidity tolerant Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon, Needs excellent drainage in pots, Prefers to be under-potted Parentage: Schlumbergera truncata x Schlumbergera russeliana
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Together with Jung SeedThe new Jung Seed 2024 Catalog has arrived! Shop hundreds of varieties of flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, and more. We have a wonderful new selection this year that we are very excited to share with you. FREE SHIPPING on orders $100+ valid till 2/25/24. Shop now!
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Photo by Valery33
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Photo by Aerith
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Photo by drirastucker
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Photo by SL_gardener
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Photo by Valery33
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Photo by HamiltonSquare "Sinocrassula yunnanensis crested leaf propagation growth progress at approximately two months."
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Photo by sugarcane
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Photo by GigiAdeniumPlumeria "My rescue desert rose."
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Photo by Bedmaker
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Photo by HamiltonSquare "Heading into dormancy. Pachypodium eburneum x densicaule ( P. densiflorum x P. brevicaule)"
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Together with Victory Seed CompanyGarden Seed Packs for Your Region
We shared the news last week that we had made special seed pack collections for 15 different regions of the country (plus a collection just for urban gardeners). The response was overwhelmingly positive, although we did get some feedback that we should include the description and photo of each variety in the collection, so that's what we did! Each of our collections have now been updated with all these details so that you can more easily dream of your springtime garden. Check out our newly improved regional seed packs page!
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The numbers from this week:
178 members joined.
2,910 posts written in our forums.
479 photos posted to the plant database.
453 plants added to personal inventory lists.
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Rest and be thankful
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