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Q&A – Ask Neil: June 12, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 10, 2025

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. June ...

Galveston’s backyard playgrounds – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • June 10, 2025

Galveston brings to mind sand, surf and summer sunsets. But the gardens on this island resort are as equally compelling as the beaches and summer skies. Recently eight private gardens ...

Gardening This Weekend: June 12, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 10, 2025

Here are my timely tasks for this early summer June weekend. Take a quick glance to see how many you need to accomplish. PLANT• Hot-weather annuals. Copper plants, firebush, Gold ...

We’re talking ‘Daylilies’ here

By Neil Sperry • June 5, 2025

Every hobby, every industry has its own special language. Even down to something as simple as the lovely daylily flower. Here are words you’re likely to encounter as you hear ...

Q&A – Ask Neil: June 5, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 4, 2025

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. May ...

Gardening Is Better Than Oysters

By Neil Sperry • June 3, 2025

My wife loves oysters. She grew up in a small farm community in South Central Ohio. Their family shopped in a little IGA market that sold bottled oysters for a ...

Fireman’s cap – plant of intrigue

By Steve Huddleston • June 3, 2025

Fireman’s cap is a plant with international intrigue. It’s a result of a cross between a native southern United States species and one native to central South America. What’s interesting ...

Gardening This Weekend: June 5, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 3, 2025

With the weather warming as June unfolds before us, here are the prime tasks to put on your list for this weekend. See which apply to your landscape and garden. ...

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