The World Collection Park

By Neil Sperry • July 30, 2019

When we founded the Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney in 1998, we had three goals:• Develop civic pride among our McKinney residents;• Let McKinney be known as “the place you …

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Purple Loosestrife

By Neil Sperry • July 30, 2019

It’s Lythrum salicaria, or purple loosestrife. It was brought to the United States from Europe 200 years ago and grown in flower gardens along the East Coast. Even up until …

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Purple Passionvine Pleases

By Neil Sperry • July 30, 2019

My wife and I had our grandson for a few hours this past weekend. He is all into museums, and if nature’s involved, that’s all the better. While I was …

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Stinging Caterpillars Are Out Early

By Neil Sperry • July 29, 2019

Normally I’m writing about stinging caterpillars in September or October, but this year the questions have started much earlier. Let me begin by saying, if you come across any type …

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Gardening This Weekend: August 1, 2019

By Neil Sperry • July 29, 2019

We’re hitting the downhill slide of the summer. Fall is only a few weeks away. Check out my list of things that need to be done this weekend. I think …

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Oak galls galore

By Neil Sperry • July 23, 2019

If you’ve seen unusual things growing on your oak trees’ leaves or twigs, they’re probably galls. Entomologists tell us there are hundreds of types, and that each one of them …

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Gardening This Weekend: July 25, 2019

By Neil Sperry • July 23, 2019

Late July brings some very timely tasks in the landscape and garden. Here is an accumulation of what I’d consider to be the most critical. PLANT• Bush beans, squash, cucumbers, …

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Dwarf crape myrtles rescue us

By Neil Sperry • July 23, 2019

Rose rosette virus has been around for decades, but it’s only been in the past 10 or 12 years that it’s become so bad in parts of Texas, notably DFW. …

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