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 …
When you take your first glance you might think you’re just looking at a Boston fern. Who among us hasn’t seen hundreds of those? But what if it would take …
Climbing over those hillsides of Southwest Texas with my dad while he was doing his research on plants toxic to our state’s sheep and goats, I kept seeing a beautiful …
It’s summer and the allure of backyard swimming pools is hard to resist. But why not extend the allure beyond the clear sparkling water by using plants and accessories to …
Your plants are counting on your checking on them often and tending to them regularly. Read through my suggestions. PLANT• Peppers (ornamental and edible) for the fall garden.• Tomatoes in …
I spent several summers climbing the hillsides in Uvalde and Real Counties when I was a teenager. I was grunt labor working on herbicide research for my dad. Fact is, …
(Photos by Steve Huddleston unless otherwise noted) We have here an old-fashioned pass-along shrubby perennial that’s been grown in Texas landscapes since our grandmothers’ grandmothers. It’s a multi-stemmed plant with …
Who would be so cruel as to assign tasks for the Independence Day weekend? You have plenty already scheduled. So, here’s that shortened list. PLANT• Fall tomato transplants. They must …
