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Gardening This Weekend: February 13, 2020

By Neil Sperry • February 12, 2020

Our DVR control has four forward speeds. Gardening right now is moving into Speed 4. Things are about to change daily. Here are the jobs you’ll want to get done …

Old Heirloom Sees a Comeback

By Neil Sperry • February 12, 2020

We Texans have loved this venerable old shrub forever, and when you see them still holding their own and blooming profusely around old, abandoned homesites, it’s easy to see why. …

If you’re looking for daffodils that will establish and rebloom year after year, you need these two. They’re certainly among the best-selling, best-performing varieties world-wide, and they have a lot …

Building Texture – Just the right touch

By Diane Morey Sitton • February 10, 2020

Lamb’s ears’ velvety foliage, crotons’ leathery leaves, sedums’ smooth surfaces — few elements enrich gardens like texture. But the remarkable surface qualities of foliage that compel us to reach out …

So you think you know tree trunks?

By Neil Sperry • February 6, 2020

Trees’ trunks are useful in identifying the various species. I took a bunch of photos in the Sperry home landscape a while back. These are trees that I planted, as …

Gardening This Weekend: February 6, 2020

By Neil Sperry • February 6, 2020

This is a crazy time of year to try to minister to the gardeners of Texas. It’s already in the 90s some days in South Texas, while the Panhandle is …

Gardening This Weekend: January 30, 2020

By Neil Sperry • January 30, 2020

Here is the short list of things to get done now. We’re running early due to warm January weather. Better check out the list. PLANT• Finish transplanting any established trees …

Fruit and Pecans this Sunday!

By Neil Sperry • January 30, 2020

Whether your interests turn to a backyard fruit garden or hundreds of acres of orchards, join me this Sunday, February 2, from 8 until 10 a.m. on WBAP 820AM. Dr. …

3rd printing of Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening

Gardening This Weekend: February 13, 2020

Old Heirloom Sees a Comeback

My Top 2 Daffodils

Building Texture – Just the right touch

So you think you know tree trunks?

Gardening This Weekend: February 6, 2020

Gardening This Weekend: January 30, 2020

Fruit and Pecans this Sunday!