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Try Not to Feel It!

By Neil Sperry • January 17, 2023

Smell a violet. Touch a sensitive briar and watch its leaves close. Stroke the leaves of a lamb’s ear. They’re all ways we put our senses to work in our …

Measures of Time in the Garden

By Neil Sperry • January 17, 2023

Ways we gardeners can determine the time and the seasons… • Our plants are our prime means of determining the seasons. You can look out a window and get a …

Gardening This Weekend: January 19, 2023

By Neil Sperry • January 17, 2023

You may not think of January as a prime gardening month, but there are critical tasks that can only be done now. Take a quick look. PLANT• Relocate established trees …

Colorful Suggestions

By Neil Sperry • January 10, 2023

A friend who was in charge of huge beds of color at a major public garden once showed me the plans for that color for the upcoming 52 weeks. She …

These plants will grow on you

By Neil Sperry • January 10, 2023

You’re familiar with terrestrial plants. Almost all plants fit into this group. Stems, leaves, flowers and fruit are all borne above ground. Roots grow down into the soil. We’re OK …

A match made in heaven

By Diane Morey Sitton • January 10, 2023

There it was … an unusually small, sky-blue strawberry pot sitting on a shelf. Maybe it was the color, or maybe it was the pot’s short, squatty stature, but in …

Gardening This Weekend: January 12, 2023

By Neil Sperry • January 9, 2023

We’ve had some nice weather these past couple of weeks. See how many of these critical tasks you’ve already checked off your list. PLANT• Cool-season color to perk up the …

How Serious is the Freeze Damage?

By Neil Sperry • January 4, 2023

That cold two years ago did millions of dollars’ worth of damage to Texas landscapes. What did we learn from it, and has history already repeated itself? I’ve lived in …

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