Gardening This Weekend: January 11, 2024

By Neil Sperry • January 8, 2024

This week’s list is a mix of what we should do in reaction to the cold and what needs to be done in mid-January anyway. See what applies at your …

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Q&A – Ask Neil: January 4, 2024

By Neil Sperry • January 3, 2024

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. December …

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Put some snap in your bloomers!

By Neil Sperry • January 2, 2024

The first time I saw snapdragons (a.k.a. “snaps”) in a landscape in Texas was in front of the old Floriculture Department greenhouses at Texas A&M. I’d seen plenty of them …

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What professionals say about mistletoe

By Neil Sperry • January 2, 2024

Mistletoe is a parasite. That really is all you have to say. You don’t want it growing in your trees’ limbs. It roots into them and causes gnarled growth that …

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‘Horstmann’ Blue Atlas Cedar – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • January 2, 2024

Blue Atlas cedars have been used in Texas landscapes for several decades. They’re large trees that can mature at 40 to 60 ft. tall. ‘Horstmann’, however, is a slow-growing, semi-dwarf …

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Gardening This Weekend: January 4, 2024

By Neil Sperry • January 2, 2024

Here’s hoping you’ll find a couple of hours in the next several days to get these jobs done. PLANT• Cool-season annuals, including pansies, violas, pinks, and snapdragons in Central and …

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How many yaupons can you count?

By Neil Sperry • December 28, 2023

I grew up in College Station, and we had our share of yaupon hollies growing in the post oak forests of Brazos County. And Mom and Dad would take me …

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Ways to enjoy gardening more

By Neil Sperry • December 28, 2023

As I observe my fellow Texans out in their landscapes and gardens, I see things I’d like to suggest. But that would be awkward, so I’ll just do it here. …

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