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Gardening This Weekend: October 19, 2023

By Neil Sperry • October 16, 2023

As you start preparing your landscape and garden for the cool months ahead, there are some critical tasks on your checklist. Here are ones I’d do now. PLANT• Pansies, violas, …

Why Do Wisterias Fail to Bloom in the Spring?

By Neil Sperry • October 9, 2023

I get this question more in April than I do in October, but the causes center around autumn. If I wait until April to answer it, you might not have …

Mums Make the Fall

By Neil Sperry • October 9, 2023

I’ve always been a big fan of chrysanthemums. My first field trip in horticulture when I transferred from A&M to Ohio State was to the world’s largest supplier of mum …

October’s painted ladies – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • October 9, 2023

You’d think that pumpkins were decorative enough the way Mother Nature made them. After all, they are as plump as a harvest moon and as colorful as autumn foliage. But …

Gardening This Weekend: October 12, 2023

By Neil Sperry • October 9, 2023

Many nurseries are marking their plants down. They’ve hung out the banners proclaiming, “Fall is for Planting!” (accurately so!). It’s a great time to be a gardener! PLANT• Spring-flowering perennials …

When Reality Reigns

By Neil Sperry • October 4, 2023

I can still hear my dad say the words. “A plant is only native where you find it growing in nature, Neil.” My dad had his PhD in botany from …

Masters at their Craft

By Neil Sperry • October 4, 2023

This past Monday couldn’t come fast enough. When that huge limb blew out of our red oak early the morning of August 20, I immediately worried about the other shoe, …

Fall for Fall Aster – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • October 2, 2023

During the growing season, fall aster assumes a perfectly mounded shape, grows 2 to 3 ft. tall and 3 ft. wide. It’s easy to miss it. It gives the appearance …

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