However, you must water it more during summer extremes so that it can weather the heat well. Mass plant the 4-foot-tall shrub in garden beds or pop it into seasonal planters.

Radicans miniature gardenia is a true dwarf with a height usually not more than a foot and a spread of three feet. It is appropriate as a low border plant or even as a groundcover.

A:Dwarf yaupon is a low-care, nonflowering shrub that provides dense evergreen interest. 'Knock Out' is a low-care, repeat-flowering rose that can be maintained at 5 feet.

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.

Gardenias like a moist soil, but the leaves will yellow with dry-to-wet conditions. Good drainage is a must, and these shrubs prefer an organically enriched soil on the acidic side. And, as you ...

For the cold-wimpiest of his zone-pushing collection (oleander and a conventional gardenia, for example), Hobday grows them in pots and moves the pots into his unheated garage over winter.

Then there's Pugster Blue butterfly bush, Diamond Spire gardenia, and loropetalum- Purple Daydream or Dwarf Crimson Fire. Purple Pixie dwarf loropetalum has a weeping form, which is neat.

Gardenias bloom in late spring and often will repeat-bloom later in the season. A dwarf variety, Gardenia jasminoides ‘Radicans’ grows to 2 to 3 feet wide.

He has created the Crown Jewel gardenia, a highly fragrant, white dwarf that blooms twice a year, survives cold winters and flowers prolifically.

One can grow dwarf junipers, pyracantha, nandina, pittosproum, gardenia, bamboo, carissa, azalea, lantana, crape myrtle, pomegranate, yucca and holly, which also are available in larger sizes.

Fertilize with an ixora/gardenia fertilizer in March, June and October. Plant the annual French dwarf marigolds or the perennial society garlic as a bedding plant around the ixoras to help repel ...