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Do This For Your California Gardenias Before Winter Rains Hit Or Next Spring’s Blooms Pay the Price

Do This For Your California Gardenias Before Winter Rains Hit Or Next Spring’s Blooms Pay the Price

Gardenias are famous for their creamy, sweet-smelling flowers, and many California gardeners count the days until they open. Here is the catch: many gardenias build…

By John Miller CA · Nov 3, 2026

Why your potted geraniums stretch leggy and flower less once they come indoors for winter

Ethan Brooks · Nov 3

Meyer Lemon Leaf Drop After Moving Indoors in North Carolina: Ways to Reduce Stress

Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3

Texas Gardening

Coralberry Under Central Texas Trees: A Possible Winter Berry Source for Birds, If Your Site Fits

Ella Brown T · Nov 3

From the Garden

Growing notes from every corner of the plot.

These Cool-Season Vegetables Still Go In Now and Sweeten Up in Your California Garden as Nights Turn Colder

These Cool-Season Vegetables Still Go In Now and Sweeten Up in Your California Garden as Nights Turn Colder

Cold nights in California do something sneaky and wonderful to certain vegetables. As temperatures drop, many leafy greens and roots turn their stored starches into…

By John Miller CA · Nov 3

Keep Mulch Off Pansy Crowns in Texas and Florida Beds: Planting Depth, Moisture, and Wilting Plants

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3

Lower or outer leaves are a smart way to harvest collards again and again

By Ethan Brooks · Nov 3

Skip Burning Bush in Your North Carolina Yard and Plant This Native That Turns Brighter Red Every Fall

By Jasmine Hughes · Nov 3

Florida Gardening

Firebush Gives Florida Yards Months of Fiery Orange Blooms

By Aria Moore F · Nov 3

In Bloom

What's thriving right now.

These California Wildflowers Bloom Right in Heavy Clay Soil, No Bags of Amendments Needed

These California Wildflowers Bloom Right in Heavy Clay Soil, No Bags of Amendments Needed

By John Miller CA

How to Protect Your Texas Citrus Tree and Reduce Freeze Risk Before a Hard Freeze

Texas Gardening

How to Protect Your Texas Citrus Tree and Reduce Freeze Risk Before a Hard Freeze

By Ella Brown T

Hard frost is coming, so dig your sweet potatoes this week or the tubers rot in the ground

Hard frost is coming, so dig your sweet potatoes this week or the tubers rot in the ground

By Ethan Brooks

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November snapdragon transplants can bring cool-season color to suitable Texas and Florida yards, though nonstop winter bloom is not assured

November snapdragon transplants can bring cool-season color to suitable Texas and Florida yards, though nonstop winter bloom is not assured

By Ethan Brooks

California Native Plant Swaps Hand Out Free Cuttings and Seedlings, and Here’s How to Find One Near You

California Native Plant Swaps Hand Out Free Cuttings and Seedlings, and Here’s How to Find One Near You

By John Miller CA

Can Geraniums Dug Before Frost Make It Through Winter Bare-Root? What to Know First

Can Geraniums Dug Before Frost Make It Through Winter Bare-Root? What to Know First

By Ethan Brooks

These 7 Native Plants Stop Gutter Runoff From Washing Out Your North Carolina Flower Beds

These 7 Native Plants Stop Gutter Runoff From Washing Out Your North Carolina Flower Beds

By Jasmine Hughes

Leaving Healthy Spent Coneflower Heads Standing Can Give Central Texas Birds a Possible Winter Food Source

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Texas Gardening

Leaving Healthy Spent Coneflower Heads Standing Can Give Central Texas Birds a Possible Winter Food Source

Those brown, bristly coneflower heads left in the bed after summer are not dead weight. They hold seeds that birds know how to eat. Skipping...

By Ella Brown T · Nov 3, 2026

The Potting Shed

Fallen leaves in your yard can become a free resource for building healthier garden beds

Fallen leaves in your yard can become a free resource for building healthier garden beds

Mâche in North Carolina: A Cold-Season Salad Green Worth Trying

Texas Gardening

Horned Lizards Return to Central Texas Yards Where Gardeners Stop Killing Harvester Ants

Loose Brussels Sprouts? Topping the Stalk Is an Optional Timing Tool, Not a November Rule

Loose Brussels Sprouts? Topping the Stalk Is an Optional Timing Tool, Not a November Rule

Leafy Tops, Split Roots, or Woody Radishes? How to Diagnose Your Fall Row

Checking Moisture and Preparing North Carolina Pansies for Winter Cold

The Flowers Texans Tuck In After the First Cool Fall Rain for Color Through Thanksgiving

Texas Gardening

The Flowers Texans Tuck In After the First Cool Fall Rain for Color Through Thanksgiving

Spent fall mums may return next year, and these care steps can improve their odds

Florida Gardening

The Venomous Florida Snake That Looks Like a Harmless Water Snake Near Your Pond

Owls Hunt Florida Yards for Free, and These 7 Native Trees Give Them a Place to Perch

Florida Gardening

Owls Hunt Florida Yards for Free, and These 7 Native Trees Give Them a Place to Perch

Still no buds on your Christmas cactus? A cooler, darker spot this week brings holiday blooms

How To Sow California Wildflower Seeds This Fall To Improve Your Odds Against Birds and Wind

Rats Hate These 9 Fragrant Plants That Make Your Florida Garden Smell Amazing This November

Florida Gardening

Rats Hate These 9 Fragrant Plants That Make Your Florida Garden Smell Amazing This November

What It Really Means When Dark-Eyed Juncos Start Hopping Under Your North Carolina Feeder This Month

Florida Gardening

Your Florida Plumeria Is Heading Into Winter Rest, and Here’s What to Do Before It Sleeps

Field Notes

How to Manage Mulch-Bed Edges to Reduce Rat and Tick Habitat in Central Texas

Texas Gardening

How to Manage Mulch-Bed Edges to Reduce Rat and Tick Habitat in Central Texas

Fall cleanup is the perfect time to look at what is really going on at the edges of your garden...

By Ella Brown T on Nov 2

Your Florida Desert Rose May Be Slowing Down for Winter, and Here’s What It Needs This November

Florida Gardening

Your Florida Desert Rose May Be Slowing Down for Winter, and Here’s What It Needs This November

Your desert rose was full of leaves and pink blooms a few weeks ago, and now it looks thinner and...

By Aria Moore F on Nov 2

Growing your own fig tree is easier than you think, and getting these few basics right does most of the work

Growing your own fig tree is easier than you think, and getting these few basics right does most of the work

A ripe fig picked warm off your own tree tastes nothing like the ones sold in plastic clamshells at the...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2

If your kale leaves are riddled with tiny holes this November, cabbage worms are still feeding underneath

If your kale leaves are riddled with tiny holes this November, cabbage worms are still feeding underneath

Tiny holes in your fall kale can be alarming, especially when the weather turns cool and you expect the bugs...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2

Pruning last year’s fig branches can reduce your breba crop, whatever the season

Pruning last year’s fig branches can reduce your breba crop, whatever the season

That tidy fall trim on your fig tree might cost you the first figs of summer. Those early fruits grow...

By Ethan Brooks on Nov 2

Before You Rip Out That Boxwood Hedge, Try These California Natives That Stay Green on Half the Water

Before You Rip Out That Boxwood Hedge, Try These California Natives That Stay Green on Half the Water

Boxwood hedges look tidy, but in a California summer they can drink a lot of water and still turn bronze,...

By John Miller CA on Nov 2