Let’s talk crape myrtles!

By Neil Sperry • June 12, 2019

Join me at the McKinney Performing Arts Center on the square in downtown McKinney, Thursday, June 20, 7 p.m. I’ll be speaking on crape myrtles, their history, how to choose …

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Totem poles stand tall

By Diane Morey Sitton • June 11, 2019

Art poles, peace poles, totem towers – call them what you will – many of today’s garden totem poles share the same colorful artistry and slender, upright demeanor as the …

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Gardening This Weekend: June 13, 2019

By Neil Sperry • June 11, 2019

Mid-June marks the turn toward summer where I live and garden (DFW area). However, e-gardens is written for all of Texas. South Texas is chuckling that it’s been hot for …

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Tecoma to Toot About

By Neil Sperry • June 5, 2019

I took this photo in my own yard a few years ago. I’d fallen in love with ‘Gold Star’ Esperanza, the Texas SuperStar® plant that had been so highly touted …

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Spider Mites Are Comin’ to Town

By Neil Sperry • June 4, 2019

No pest that we have attacks any more species of plants. From marigolds, pansies, verbenas and violets to beans, cucumbers, squash, and tomatoes, they’re all over our gardens. They’ll load …

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Bagworms Are Back

By Neil Sperry • June 4, 2019

Every year Texas gardeners lose tens of thousands of junipers, arborvitaes, cypresses, cedars and other cone-bearing plants to the voracious feeding of bagworms. That feeding is going on now. Rather …

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Poison Ivy Pointers

By Neil Sperry • June 4, 2019

When I was teaching in a vocational high school in Shelby, Ohio, I had a student named Eddie. Every teacher has an “Eddie.” He was the class clown, always out …

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Gardening This Weekend: June 6, 2019

By Neil Sperry • June 4, 2019

You have to be mindful of the 12 or 14 weeks ahead when you tackle gardening tasks this time of the year. It’s about to turn really hot, and it …

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