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Simple Landscapes Are Often Best

By Neil Sperry • September 27, 2022

You’ll never have to apologize for “simple and tasteful” landscape designs. They’re great starting points, and many of us choose never to move much beyond that clean, basic look. Let’s …

Scentsational Plants

By Neil Sperry • September 27, 2022

Fragrance is a funny thing. What appeals to one person may not be as sweet to the next. That’s why cosmetic companies make so many brands, and that’s why nurseries …

Gardening This Weekend: September 29, 2022

By Neil Sperry • September 27, 2022

Cooler weather makes it a whole lot more pleasant to be working outdoors. Here are your critical tasks with this weekend’s changing conditions. PLANT• Ryegrass for overseeding permanent turf, also …

How much can you prune a plant back?

By Neil Sperry • September 21, 2022

If I’m going to buy a puppy, and if I live in a studio apartment, I’m probably going ask some questions about the dog’s mature size. Funny, isn’t it, that …

Fall Aster – Unique by several measures

By Neil Sperry • September 21, 2022

I chose my title carefully. This sweet perennial treasure sets itself apart in some very nice ways: • It’s one of the few asters or aster-like plants that actually thrives …

Rio Grande chirping frogs

By Neil Sperry • September 21, 2022

As I walked Zeus the dog up the driveway and out into the woods near our house I kept hearing sweet sounds that seemed new to my ears. It wasn’t …

Gardening This Weekend: September 22, 2022

By Neil Sperry • September 21, 2022

It’s still warm and dry across Texas, but nothing like it was 6 or 8 weeks ago. It’s a fine time for gardening. Here are the things you might want …

Neoregelias in the Sperry gardens

By Neil Sperry • September 13, 2022

I stumbled onto this great group of bromeliads almost by accident. I’d been growing them for decades, so they certainly weren’t strangers to me or my greenhouse, but I’d never …

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