Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening • 344 pages and 840 of my best photos. • Hardback, printed on high-quality paper. • I sign every copy as it sells. • Covers …
With the weather warming as June unfolds before us, here are the prime tasks to put on your list for this weekend. See which apply to your landscape and garden. …
My dad’s entire career at Texas A&M was spent dealing with plants that were poisonous, primarily to livestock, but also to humans. His list included bitterweed, mescal bean (Texas mountain …
Native Texans are familiar with Blackeyed Susans as wildflowers. Well, dress ‘em up in a new suit of leaves and give them a few touch-ups and improvements, and you have …
If you don’t know your shade trees, it pays to know people who know trees. That’s why it’s important to have a certified arborist keep an eye on the trees …
Here’s my list of the most time-sensitive gardening things we should accomplish in the next few days. PLANT• New lawngrass from sod, seed or plugs. It’s easier to get new …
I started my career in horticulture mowing yards in College Station about the time Bear Bryant left A&M for the University of Alabama. (Side note: his son and I were …
As garden plants go, angelonias have barely reached legal age. Oh, we knew about them 60-70 years ago, and 30-40 years ago a few growers had them in greenhouse collections, …
Who would have thought that blackboards would someday find their way onto covered patios, porches and garden rooms! But unlike the lessons in spelling, math and other subjects that covered …