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Gardening This Weekend: February 8, 2024

By Neil Sperry • February 2, 2024

Grab a tablet, and jot down your assignments. Here are the ones that popped into my mind. PLANT• Frost-tolerant annuals to replace any that got toasted by the cold back …

Garden Tip: From a shrub to a tree

By Neil Sperry • January 31, 2024

Willowleaf hollies (also known as “Needlepoint,” even though their leaves aren’t especially fearsome) are some of Texas’ finest mid-sized evergreen shrubs. They’re offsprings of Burford holly, which puts them in …

Winter Jasmine: Dependable, Uncommon – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • January 29, 2024

Winter jasmine is a tough, not-so-common shrub that is perfectly suited for Texas and one that adds cool-season interest to the landscape. Although it can be trained as a vine …

Iceland Poppies Are Uncommonly Beautiful

By Neil Sperry • January 29, 2024

I saw Iceland poppies for the first time about 40 years ago. And I knew on first sight that I loved them. Several years later I found a couple of …

Gardening This Weekend: February 1, 2024

By Neil Sperry • January 29, 2024

Here is the compacted list of responsibilities for early February across Texas. PLANT• Onions in North Texas as soon as you can. Cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and Irish potatoes …

Flowering Quinces – Horticultural Heirlooms

By Neil Sperry • January 25, 2024

Flowering quince is an old friend that just hangs around waiting to hear its name called. It’s ready to go to work in any landscape, and its work year begins …

Maximize Landscaping and Gardening Returns

By Neil Sperry • January 23, 2024

By the time we hang up the tools at the other end of this 2024 gardening year we’d like to think that each of us has gotten the best results …

Motel chairs making a comeback – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • January 23, 2024

They are as American as baseball and apple pie, as comfortably familiar as well-worn garden gloves, and as enduring as an antique rose. Luckily for gardeners and nostalgia lovers — …

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