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Taking plants to the next level – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • September 13, 2023

When it comes to finding more growing space for plants, the sky is the limit. Fences, doors, gates, walls, railings, and even porch posts offer an opportunity to showcase plants …

Colorful Crotons Are in the Mainstream

By Neil Sperry • September 12, 2023

I was a teenager. It was late ‘50s or 1960, and Prof. Alfonse deWerth ran those TAMU Floriculture greenhouses. He didn’t especially want a high school kid walking through them, …

Deerly Beloved

By Neil Sperry • September 11, 2023

Let’s set the record straight. I am not a hunter. I have no problem with hunting. It’s just not something I choose to do. I’m the guy who catches and …

Gardening This Weekend: September 14, 2023

By Neil Sperry • September 11, 2023

Our landscapes and gardens are just as happy to have cooler weather and moisture coming back into Texas. Here are the key things to do to help us all (plants …

Sudden Branch Drop Close to Home

By Neil Sperry • September 5, 2023

My goal in writing this short story is not to scare you. Oaks are still among our very best landscaping trees. This phenomenon known as “Sudden Branch Drop” isn’t limited …

Queens of Their Gardens

By Neil Sperry • September 5, 2023

They look like some type of amaryllis, what with their trumpet-shaped blooms of three each, petals and sepals. Whoever would assume that this plant, Lycoris squamigera, could be sister to …

Sweet Gum ‘Slender Silhouette’ – By Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • September 5, 2023

I first saw this cultivar of sweet gum at a garden show in Germany in 2018, only to find out later that a nurseryman from Franklin County, Tennessee, discovered it …

Gardening This Weekend: September 7, 2023

By Neil Sperry • September 5, 2023

There’s going to come a time when a cold front will bring rain and cooler weather, and your fall gardening activities will have to pop into action. With that in …

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