Texas Gardening: Plants that are doing well right now, 1 by vossner

vossner wrote:
here is a pic of my August beauty Gardenia that I have in my 2nd home growing as a standard. The tree is a mass of white when in full bloom. It is 4-5 years old, and about 5 ft tall, with a weak trunk. I think it needs a haircut to achieve the pompom look. Any comments/suggestions will be appreciated. So weird, though, this plant requires very little attention, as oppossed to my other ones at the Richmond house.