Gardening This Weekend: September 4, 2025

By Neil Sperry • September 2, 2025

We still have a few things left over from summer plus some new obligations of fall. Better check through the list. PLANT• Nursery stock. It’s a great time to work …

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Q&A – Ask Neil: August 28, 2025

By Neil Sperry • August 27, 2025

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. August …

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Stowaways love America

By Neil Sperry • August 27, 2025

Note: Try as I did to get photos from our front porch, our geckos were high up in the corners and too small to shoot with the equipment and legs …

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A favorite with hummingbirds

By Neil Sperry • August 27, 2025

Here’s a lovely little treasure that’s native to the Texas Hill Country and southwest into Mexico. Those are hot territories, and it’s up to the task. And it thrives in …

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Gardening This Weekend: August 28, 2025

By Neil Sperry • August 27, 2025

Here are the most time-sensitive goals for your gardening checklist this holiday weekend. PLANT• Fall-flowering bulbs as they show up in nurseries. Spider lilies, oxblood lilies, naked lady lilies, fall …

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Pop’s garden … from the ground up – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • August 26, 2025

It’s not unusual to find a small table at the end of John and Mary Hayes’ driveway filled with fresh veggies and a bucket of colorful cut flowers. The bounty …

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Pretty little daisy

By Neil Sperry • August 19, 2025

I’ve been writing garden columns for Texans since 1970. All that time I’ve been starved for good photos, and that’s what took me to the open house field day at …

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Double peperomia, please…

By Neil Sperry • August 19, 2025

You’ll usually find peperomias mixed in with succulent plants. There are scores of species and hundreds of cultivars. Some are, at least for me, challenging, but many are very easy …

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