QUESTION: You mentioned in the Garden Tips in your last column that you should spray gardenia bushes with an oil spray to prevent insect infestations in the fall. Is there a particular brand you would ...

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 ...

My gardenia bushes are not flowering nearly as well as they did last year. Any ideas? Gardenias,gardenia jasminoides, can be finicky plants and demand a bit of attention. But when those fragrant ...

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, ...

“Help — my gardenia is ill! It has mold on it and it has stopped blooming this year. What should I do?” Those were the panicked words of many of my fellow gardeners. Unfortunately, the weather down in ...

Question: I moved into a new home about four months ago that has 6-foot tall gardenia bushes. They look healthy but have produced few blooms. Can they be pruned and when should they be fertilized?

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 ...

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 ...

Q. My parents had gardenias at our Dallas home, and we used sage bushes for accent and color at our West Texas houses. I would like to plant these shrubs in Houston. Any thoughts? J.W., Houston A.

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 ...