Articles Archives - Page 19 of 238 - Neil Sperry's GARDENS

Agarita is a native to love – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • March 5, 2024

Agarita is a beautiful evergreen shrub from the western half of Texas where it grows in open woods and on rocky slopes. You’ll find it in well-drained loam, clay, caliche, …

Gardening This Weekend: March 7, 2024

By Neil Sperry • March 5, 2024

Here are this weekend’s prime goals. See how many you can check off. PLANT• Trees, shrubs, vines, and groundcovers while supplies are at their best. Shop on Thursdays and Fridays. …

Quick Garden Tip … Know vine’s habits before planting

By Neil Sperry • February 28, 2024

Vines are some of the most useful plants in landscaping. But that’s only if you position them properly – only if you understand how they climb and then provide them …

A lovely little gem of a tree

By Neil Sperry • February 27, 2024

The Missouri Botanical Gardens says Mexican plums are native from Mexico across Texas, throughout their state of Missouri, and north to southeastern South Dakota to Ohio. To be honest, I …

Time Here for Pre-emergent North Texas

By Neil Sperry • February 27, 2024

Remember that map of the average date of the last killing freeze for each area of Texas? We ran it here several weeks back. Here’s a link if you missed …

Gardening This Weekend: February 29, 2024

By Neil Sperry • February 27, 2024

If you told me I could list up to 15 tasks gardeners should do at this time of the year, here are the ones I would probably put at the …

Superior Vine for Texas Landscapes

By Neil Sperry • February 20, 2024

As I’ve told you probably too often, I grew up in little College Station (pop. 6,000) back when you could still walk from one side of town to the other. …

Little Garden Tip: Repurposed Treasure

By Neil Sperry • February 20, 2024

Mom and Dad had been married 17 years when I was adopted. It was obvious that they/he wanted a child. He was a prof at Texas A&M, but he was …

« Previous

Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening