Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening • 344 pages and 840 of my best photos. • Hardback, printed on high-quality paper. • I sign every copy as it sells. • Covers …
Growing up around Aggieland, I just assumed all plants had berries this color. Dad was in the Range and Forestry Department, and he and I would go out to their …
My original goal was to write a fun little piece on why plant pathologists took it upon themselves 25 years ago to rename “brown patch” of St. Augustine and start …
Every horticulturist learns that a weed is a plant that’s growing where it’s not wanted. So, a live oak sapling growing in the middle of a driveway is probably a …
This is where I outline the critical tasks of the weekend, and first and foremost for most of Texas this week will be watering. Follow watering restrictions that may be …
There are times when you want a tall plant to screen views and noises from streets and properties adjacent to parts of your landscape. Here is a short list of …
Old-fashioned cockscombs were heirloom plants that reseeded freely in your great-grandmother’s gardens. They were passed along one generation to another. You still see them blooming several feet tall in older …
Big as a harvest moon, small as a goblin’s grin, white as a ghost, or warty as a witch, pumpkins have never been more versatile. Folks not only display them …
Here’s my checklist of gardening activities for the next several days. I hope you find it useful. PLANT• Dig and divide spring-blooming perennials such as iris, daylilies, coneflowers, gloriosa daisies, …
