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Gardening This Weekend: June 19, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 18, 2025

I promised you my own personal checklist of the most critical tasks for the second half of June. Here’s what we’re doing around our landscape and garden. PLANT• New turfgrass …

Despised dallisgrass

By Neil Sperry • June 11, 2025

Remember getting all dressed up for that big date. You looked terrific. But on that last pass past the mirror, there it was – a big pimple right on the …

Stunning in summer

By Neil Sperry • June 11, 2025

I was about 12. It was the Christmas holidays, and my seed catalogs had just started arriving. I turned the page and there were the Mallow Marvels – gigantic flowers …

Galveston’s backyard playgrounds – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • June 10, 2025

Galveston brings to mind sand, surf and summer sunsets. But the gardens on this island resort are as equally compelling as the beaches and summer skies. Recently eight private gardens …

Gardening This Weekend: June 12, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 10, 2025

Here are my timely tasks for this early summer June weekend. Take a quick glance to see how many you need to accomplish. PLANT• Hot-weather annuals. Copper plants, firebush, Gold …

We’re talking ‘Daylilies’ here

By Neil Sperry • June 5, 2025

Every hobby, every industry has its own special language. Even down to something as simple as the lovely daylily flower. Here are words you’re likely to encounter as you hear …

Gardening Is Better Than Oysters

By Neil Sperry • June 3, 2025

My wife loves oysters. She grew up in a small farm community in South Central Ohio. Their family shopped in a little IGA market that sold bottled oysters for a …

Fireman’s cap – plant of intrigue

By Steve Huddleston • June 3, 2025

Fireman’s cap is a plant with international intrigue. It’s a result of a cross between a native southern United States species and one native to central South America. What’s interesting …

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