Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening Holiday Special 2024 • 344 pages and 840 of my best photos. • Hardback, printed on high-quality paper. • I sign every copy as it …
Goldsturm gloriosa daisies were named the Perennial Plant of the Year in 1999. That’s enough time that we should have them all across Texas, but we don’t (yet). What we …
Iresines caught my eye when I was a teenager. I’d look in through the cooling fans of the Floriculture Department greenhouses at Texas A&M at all the cool plants Prof. …
With its rich horticultural heritage and abundance of natural beauty, it’s no wonder that Tyler, Texas, known as the “Rose Capital of America”, holds bragging rights to the largest rose …
When you get some rainfall, as much of Texas has over the past couple of weeks, the humidity makes climbing temperatures all the more uncomfortable. It’s the start of the …
It’s a story that needs to be told often. Redtip photinias are highly susceptible to a fungal leaf spot for which we have no preventive treatment and for which there …
I’m not the handiest man in town. My wife and I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to unlock and open an adjustable French door that’s jammed …
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) graces the shorelines of lakes in Texas with its attractive, glossy green leaves and spherical, pincushion-like flowers. Buttonbush grows to form a multi-trunked, large shrub or small …
Here’s your list. Some of these things really need immediate attention. Check them all out. PLANT• New lawngrass from sod, seed or plugs.• Hot-weather annuals such as trailing lantana, pentas, …