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I’ve Warned You Once…

By Neil Sperry • May 24, 2023

I’ve warned you … make that 10,000 times … that if you don’t protect trees with thin barks from the ravages of sun that they will suffer mightily. Here’s the …

Mimosa, or Silktree Albizzia

By Neil Sperry • May 23, 2023

Let’s get that name thing out of the way first. There’s another plant that stakes claim to the scientific name “Mimosa,” and that’s Mimosa pudica. You may have seen it …

Restore and Pass It Along

By Neil Sperry • May 23, 2023

Two years in a row my wife received a living-plant centerpiece at the Christmas party for a board on which she serves. It was a fresh and vibrant 6-inch pot …

Gardening This Weekend: May 25, 2023

By Neil Sperry • May 23, 2023

If you have a few hours to spend in the landscape and garden, here are some things you might want to accomplish this weekend. PLANT• Nurseries may have markdowns on …

Pecan leaves are breaking out

By Neil Sperry • May 16, 2023

It looks pretty serious, these galls that are showing up on pecan leaves about now. They’re called pecan phylloxera galls, and they’re caused by tiny gnats that lay their eggs …

Three Great Perennials for May

By Neil Sperry • May 16, 2023

Perennial gardens require a bit of planning so you’ll have a good sequence of bloom from early spring until late in the fall. May is an unusual month, because the …

Gardening This Weekend: May 18, 2023

By Neil Sperry • May 16, 2023

Week in and week out, this is the most looked-at section of e-gardens. If you find it useful, Chapter 2 of Neil Sperry’s Lone Star Gardening will be right up …

Fill your garden with flowers – no water needed – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • May 10, 2023

We’re all familiar with the old English adage, “April showers bring May flowers.” For many gardeners, those blooms come in the form of garden art flowers. Whether bold metal sunflowers, …

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