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 …
Note: Normally you’d be seeing my answers to your gardening questions here, but while Gretchen has been recuperating from shoulder surgery we had that function shut off. Here’s hoping she’ll …
How well your lawn fares through the summer depends on how you handle a couple of chores in the next several days. Let’s revisit these quickly. 1. Last call for …
I’ve been growing this plant for probably 35 years. A nurseryman friend introduced it to me, saying that his customers were buying it as fast as he could bring them …
With more folks than ever spending more time than ever in their gardens, it’s not surprising that symbols of patriotism are popping up in landscapes. Look around. Old Glory flutters …
Here’s your list of top tasks for the next three days. PLANT• Tropical color plants for brightest summer color. Let your nurseryman show you the many options.• Hot-weather annuals, including …
Many gardeners have never seen the work of a leafcutter bee. Even fewer of us have ever seen the little lady herself doing her work. It’s a fascinating process, quite …
Glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) has been one of our favorite landscape shrubs for decades. It forms a dense, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub that grows to 6 to 10 ft. tall …
