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Gardening This Weekend: May 12, 2022

By Neil Sperry • May 10, 2022

Get out early before the heat sets in. Here are the weekend’s most critical tasks. PLANT• Turfgrass from seed (bermuda) or sod or plugs (all types). Water twice daily for …

Answers: May 5, 2022

By Neil Sperry • May 3, 2022

Here are this week’s answers: Question 1POORLY PERFORMING PAMPASGRASS Dear Neil: I have several 5- to 7-year-old pampasgrass plants. I prune each clump back to 18 to 24 inches each …

Q&A – Ask Neil: May 5, 2022

By Neil Sperry • May 3, 2022

I’ve been pedaling uphill all week. If you heard my radio programs last weekend you know I was struggling. Allergies to pecan pollen and migraine-associated vertigo for a couple of …

Important Time Nears for Crape Myrtles

By Neil Sperry • May 3, 2022

We didn’t even know what had hit us when the first samples of this obnoxious pest were brought into a Richardson nursery in 2004. It was obviously some kind of …

It Could Have Been Prevented!

By Neil Sperry • May 2, 2022

On my way to the bleachers I noticed that well more than half of the Shumard red oaks that had been planted there 8 or 10 years ago are now …

Fun Facts from Horticulture

By Neil Sperry • May 2, 2022

If I come across an interesting fact or factoid that deals with gardening, I’m going to report it here. I have a couple to give you this week. From the …

Gardening This Weekend: May 5, 2022

By Neil Sperry • May 2, 2022

Here’s my list of the most important gardening tasks for this first full weekend of May. PLANT• Summer color from annuals: angelonias, pentas, lantanas, coleus, firebush, copper plants, purple fountaingrass, …

Answers: April 28, 2022

By Neil Sperry • April 27, 2022

Here are this week’s answers: Question 1BLUEBONNETS FLAT FLOWERS Dear Neil: Why would bluebonnets have flattened flowers? E.P. near Greenville. Answer: This is a genetic mutation known as fasciation. It …

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