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Expert: Long Island Gardener - 7/26/2008


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am i suppose to bring a gardenia bush inside for winter? i live in pittsburgh pa and it sometimes gets very cold and snowy

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Gardenias can take temps down to the 20s for short periods of time.  But for long term, day and night care, Gardenias must be brought indoors and given lots of humidity.  You can't leave these outdoors in the Cold and expect them to survive.

Do you know how to care for Gardenias?  Let me know.  They need a lot of TLC.  Thanks for writing.

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What`s growing in your garden? Delphiniums, Painted Daisies, Roses, Peonies, Lilacs, Tuberoses, Parrot Tulips and Double Daffodils -- I`ve never met a perennial I didn`t like, but I have a weakness for flowers with fragrance. Here in Zone 7, on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, I can`t think of a better way to spend a summer morning. I'm educated in this field, but even better, I am genetically qualified: Part English gardener ancestry, part Irish potato farmer. I have degrees in related fields and a lifetime of hands-in-the-dirt experience. Not convinced? I have a daughter named Holly, a dog named Daisy, a bird named Buttercup, and a house on Garden Street. Still working on the license plate.

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Homeowner for 15 years, 30 years of gardening for personal pleasure, college credits in horticulture and botany, volunteer docent at the local botanical gardens and a library of gardening and landscaping books, some 100 years old.

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