 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 Seed The 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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"Sinocrassula yunnanensis crested leaf propagation growth progress at approximately two months."
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"My rescue desert rose."
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"Heading into dormancy. Pachypodium eburneum x densicaule ( P. densiflorum x P. brevicaule)"
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Together with Victory Seed Company Garden 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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