Turf experts and horticulturists will tell you that the fall feeding is the most critical feeding you'll give your plants in the entire year. The best news is that either our 24-0-0 (clay soils) or 24-6-12 (sandy or loam soils) will be the only plant food you'll need. Click for all the details on our 4 fertilizers and potting soil.

It stops neighbors in their tracks, it's easy to grow, and it blooms just about now! Click here to read Jimmy Turner's article about the "electric surprise lily."

September is THE watershed month of the entire gardening year. Hot summer is still in the rear view mirror, and fall has already made a brief introduction this week. We’ve assembled the most important tasks of the next several months. Click to see them. For an even more complete outline for next year, see our 2011 Garden Calendar offer below.

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Save 41% on Neil's 2011 Texas Gardening Calendar with a 1-yr. new or renewal subscription to the best regional gardening magazine in America. Total price: only $34.95. With 10,000 words telling you when to do all the important gardening tasks, the calendar alone will save you more than that! Click for more information.

The September/October issue of Neil Sperry's GARDENS Magazine features articles on garden structures, fall-blooming "blue sky vine," boutique pumpkins, and more. Click here to read Neil's article, "Buy Trees for Quality, Not for Velocity."

An escape from the heat and other summer troubles takes our Native Son to Oregon. Click here to read Steven Chamblee's article about hydrangeas, Mexican plums and a dog named Belle.

OK. When you read the story on the link page, you're going to tell me that the headline is over-the-top. And, I'll admit it. But, you only get one 10-day chance per year to avoid winter weeds, and that clock starts ticking at the end of next week. I didn't want you to sleep through it. Click for details. (Photo: annual bluegrass/Poa annua.)

We've been on Facebook since the last week of January, and it's a small city that's growing there. More than 7,500 gardeners visiting with, and helping one another. The most common comment we get: "This is my favorite Facebook page." Join us -- just search for "Neil Sperry" and click the guy in the red shirt. Or, click here for a link.

Fall is a wonderful time for planting bearded irises. Leslie Finical Halleck tells us why these easy-to-grow perennials are one of her favorite things. Click here to read the article.

Take one last breath of summer, and prepare for "Camelot" season in the garden! Mike Shoup of the Antique Rose Emporium reminds us that we're headed into the best time of year for gardening in Texas. Click here to read his article.

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