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Wish we saw it more often…

By Neil Sperry • June 24, 2025

When I took the job as Dallas County Extension horticulturist in 1970, my office was on the top floor of the Records Building (across the street from the Texas School …

The Roan garden-A haven for plants and pollinators – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • June 24, 2025

It’s not surprising that one of Mary Roan’s favorite quotes reads: “Creating a garden starts with an interest and soon becomes a lifetime’s obsession, one that can be engaged at …

Who’s hiding in there?

By Neil Sperry • June 24, 2025

Every year of my life I’ve had these little guys in my Texas landscapes. I wasn’t sure what I had initially, but the most user-friendly university entomologist ever, H.A. Turney …

Ornamental grasses – my feelings and my favorites

By Neil Sperry • June 18, 2025

My dad was a Professor of Range Science at Texas A&M. He was a PhD botanist who specialized in ranchland grasses of Texas. As I traveled across Texas in the …

Little plants make big impact

By Neil Sperry • June 18, 2025

Time was when we thought of color as coming in corner-to-corner beds across the fronts of our houses. Those days are essentially gone. Most of us tired of the effort …

Gardening This Weekend: June 19, 2025

By Neil Sperry • June 18, 2025

I promised you my own personal checklist of the most critical tasks for the second half of June. Here’s what we’re doing around our landscape and garden. PLANT• New turfgrass …

Despised dallisgrass

By Neil Sperry • June 11, 2025

Remember getting all dressed up for that big date. You looked terrific. But on that last pass past the mirror, there it was – a big pimple right on the …

Stunning in summer

By Neil Sperry • June 11, 2025

I was about 12. It was the Christmas holidays, and my seed catalogs had just started arriving. I turned the page and there were the Mallow Marvels – gigantic flowers …

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