Gardening This Weekend: October 5, 2023

By Neil Sperry • October 2, 2023

Here are the things I’d put at the top of my list to get done over the next several days. PLANT• Annual ryegrass to give winter green grass for bare …

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Ragweed Somehow Survives

By Neil Sperry • September 26, 2023

I’ve been watching the roadside patches of ragweed throughout these months of heat and drought. Other plants, even many of the natives, have looked sad and bedraggled, but somehow the …

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Don’t Be Scared of These Spiders

By Neil Sperry • September 26, 2023

My earliest memories of fall-flowering bulbs in College Station are of spider lilies in the oldest yards around the campus. It would be exciting to know the history behind how …

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Wagon wheels … on a roll in gardens – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • September 25, 2023

It’s hard to say what makes wagon wheels so garden-friendly. For starters, they are remarkably versatile. You see them lined up as fences, welded into gates, and used as legs …

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Gardening This Weekend: September 28, 2023

By Neil Sperry • September 25, 2023

With four to eight weeks to get your fall gardening things done, you need to make your plans now. Let me help you prioritize. PLANT• Nursery stock. It’s a great …

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Would you buy rare plants on eBay?

By Neil Sperry • September 21, 2023

When I was a young horticulturist just revving my engines, my goal was to own my own retail garden center. I fell asleep at nights planning what it would look …

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A pretty shade of the fall

By Neil Sperry • September 19, 2023

As a kid growing up in College Station my mom and dad always told me how lovely fall colors were in the Midwest and Northeast. (They grew up in Nebraska.) …

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Gardening This Weekend: September 21, 2023

By Neil Sperry • September 19, 2023

Here are your prime tasks for these tailing days of September. See how many you’ll want to put on your list. PLANT• Overseed fescue turf in those northwestern parts of …

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