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Lovin’ the Blues

By Neil Sperry • June 25, 2024

We veteran gardeners certainly remember the time we saw our first fan flower (Scaevola aemula). Blue Wonder was first, and it was generally sold in big hanging baskets. Some of …

How Much Mulch Is Too Much Mulch?

By Neil Sperry • June 25, 2024

There’s a reason I bring this topic to our table today. This is the season when gardeners need to be thinking about mulching their beds. But that jumps too far …

Gardening This Weekend: June 27, 2024

By Neil Sperry • June 25, 2024

Some of the best nursery bargains I’ve ever found were over the Independence Day period. Get out early and you’ll miss the heat. PLANT• Fall tomatoes. The next 10 days …

Patriotism – Garden-style – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • June 24, 2024

With July 4 around the corner, more flags than ever are fluttering from flag poles, catching the breeze outside of businesses, and enlivening small town streets and sidewalks. But patriotism …

For quick spots of color

By Neil Sperry • June 19, 2024

When you have nothing but shade, you find that your options in flowering plants are very limited. Most labels will tell you “Full sun” or “Half-day sun or greater.” Most …

Is Rose Rosette Virus still taking its toll?

By Neil Sperry • June 19, 2024

This past spring had roses looking better than they have for the past 10 or 15 years. At least that was my observation where we live in North Central Texas. …

Gardening This Weekend: June 20, 2024

By Neil Sperry • June 19, 2024

I know this is the go-to first read for many of you in e-gardens, and I take it seriously for that reason. I weigh the recent and future weather (even …

Herald the Trumpets

By Neil Sperry • June 12, 2024

There are great ways you can put Madame Galen trumpetvines (Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Madame Galen’) to work in your gardens. Use them to soften expanses of fence. Use them to …

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