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A surprise at the dentist’s office

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2024

Lynn and I have been going to the same great dentist (Dr. Paul Spence in McKinney) for many years. So, apparently, has this corn plant dracaena that sits in his …

Persimmons serve two purposes

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2024

It’s nice when you find a plant than can handle two tasks. Such it is with persimmons. Obviously, they produce edible fruit, but they’re also lovely small landscaping trees. Our …

Fabulous fall flowers – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • October 22, 2024

When it comes to color, there’s nothing timid about fall flowers. As if to outdo pumpkins, gourds and the captivating tones of Indian corn, fall gardens raise the color bar …

Gardening This Weekend: October 24, 2024

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2024

Here’s a start to a checklist for your upcoming weekend. Feel free to add important activities to it as you see fit. PLANT• Winter color from pansies, violas, pinks, snapdragons, …

Nursery professionals, entomologists, agronomists, and hack horticulturists like me are getting the question: “Are armyworms back?” Yes, indeed they are. Here are the quick facts of the matter. • Armyworms …

A hobby for the obsessive

By Neil Sperry • October 16, 2024

My wife came home from Christmas school board dinners two years in a row – 5 and 6 years ago – with lovely wicker basket 6-in. pots of devil’s ivy …

Gardening This Weekend: October 17, 2024

By Neil Sperry • October 15, 2024

Let’s start the preparations for late fall and winter. Here are this weekend’s goals. PLANT• Nursery stock. You’ll get some good bargains as garden centers reduce inventories before winter, plus …

Welcome the season with pumpkins – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • October 10, 2024

Whether they are as yellow as a harvest moon, as pasty-white as a graveyard ghost, as warty as a witch’s face, or as smooth as the pads on a black …

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