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The Low-down on Easter Lilies

By Neil Sperry • March 25, 2024

Perhaps you have a beautiful Easter lily gracing your table right now, ready for one of Christians’ most sacred holidays as families gather. Let me lend you some ways to …

Gnomes – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • March 25, 2024

Gone are the days when gnomes only appeared at night, sneaking out of their woodland burrows to protect crops and gardens. These days the once-elusive creatures with the big bellies, …

Gardening This Weekend: March 28, 2024

By Neil Sperry • March 25, 2024

Take five minutes to walk around your place. Make a list of the things you want to get done. See how many match up with the ones I’ve put on …

Gardening This Weekend: March 21, 2024

By Neil Sperry • March 20, 2024

Check through this compilation to see what you need to accomplish the next several days. Who knows? Maybe you can get ahead of the game! PLANT• Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, squash, …

Chinese snowball is under-loved but deserving

By Neil Sperry • March 19, 2024

This is a great year to be promoting Chinese snowball viburnums (Viburnum macrocephalum). They’re spectacular as they reach peak bloom in North Central Texas right now. I’m sure they’ve been …

Garden Tip: Hybridized Hobbies

By Neil Sperry • March 19, 2024

I met Carolyn Skei 20-ish years ago on the other side of heavy double plate glass windows. I wasn’t a bank teller, and she wasn’t a cashier at an all-night …

Little Garden Tip: Reversed Mutations

By Neil Sperry • March 12, 2024

When I began my Master’s degree program at Colorado State decades ago carnations were a huge thing in Denver. Now, almost all come from Columbia. But that’s another story for …

Dwarf Chinese holly – one of my old “go-to’s”

By Neil Sperry • March 12, 2024

When I need a plant that will hold up to heat and cold, sun or shade, and a wide variety of soil types to boot, odds are I’m going to …

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