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THE TWO MOST INVASIVE PLANTS IN TEXAS

By Neil Sperry • May 4, 2023

They’re both pretty enough. But they seem to be trying to take over the world, at least where I live. Let me help you identify them. Chinese privetChinese privet (Ligustrum …

Lichens Worry Gardeners

By Neil Sperry • May 4, 2023

These are curious growths, these lichens on tree trunks. One might think they could cause serious harm to their host support trees. This is a time of year when they …

GARDENING THIS WEEKEND: MAY 4, 2023

By Neil Sperry • May 3, 2023

How do you narrow the list down to the most critical out of the 150 possible things you want to get done in your landscape and garden? Let me help …

A Source of Shade Color by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • May 2, 2023

This is an old-fashioned, carefree and tough shrub that will brighten a shade garden with a profusion of yellow flowers in the spring. What’s not to like about that? Japanese …

New stars in town are ZZ to grow

By Neil Sperry • April 27, 2023

ZZ plants have attained that popularity, particularly with commercial interior plant specialists who know how truly durable they are. They’re different. They’re low-needs, and they’re handsome. What’s not to like! …

Gardening This Weekend: April 27, 2023

By Neil Sperry • April 26, 2023

Here are the things that need to top your list of goals for these last days of April. PLANT• New lawngrasses from sod, seed or plugs. Soils will be warm …

No Fun with Fire Blight

By Neil Sperry • April 25, 2023

This is a bacterial disease that makes susceptible plants look as though they’ve been hit by a blow torch. It’s serious, and for infected plants, it can be fatal. The …

Chinquapin Oak Comes of Age

By Neil Sperry • April 25, 2023

It’s been in Texas longer than there’s been a Texas. Funny that we gardeners never paid much attention to it. Chinquapin oak, in the past 30 years, has become one …

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