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Take All Taking Its Toll

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2023

You may have read that in one of my answers in the newspaper a week or two back. I’ve said it or written it dozens of times since warm weather …

St. Joseph’s Lily is Alive and Thriving

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2023

Every time we get record cold temperatures I worry about several plants in my North Texas gardens. St. Joseph’s lily is near the top of that list. But it always …

Gardening This Weekend: April 20, 2023

By Neil Sperry • April 20, 2023

Make your list of the things you want to accomplish, then put priorities on them. My guess is that what follows will be on many of them. PLANT• Tomatoes and …

Take a “Pass” on Photinias

By Neil Sperry • April 11, 2023

Spring 2023 looks like it’s going to be another banner year for the fungus we’ve all come to know as “Entomosporium.” (You do know it, don’t you? You need to.) …

Plant of the Week: Star Jasmine

By Neil Sperry • April 11, 2023

Star jasmine is basically a vine – much more so than its low-growing sister, Asian jasmine, our state’s most popular full-sun groundcover. But our initial use of star jasmine in …

A style all her own by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • April 11, 2023

When it comes to garden décor, Grace Evans likes to keep things simple. “If I like it, it’s perfect,” states the spry 84-year-old, explaining the serendipitous mix of collectibles, repurposed …

Gardening This Weekend: April 13, 2023

By Neil Sperry • April 11, 2023

It looks like we might get a break from those Thursday fronts of the past several weeks. For many of us, the rain they brought with them put us behind …

Happy Easter (Lily), Gardener

By Neil Sperry • April 5, 2023

For the Easter lily grower, whether for bulbs in the field or the finished potted product, life’s not a bed of roses. From my very first greenhouse management course in …

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