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Gardening This Weekend: August 15, 2024

By Neil Sperry • August 13, 2024

Just a couple more hot weeks here in Texas. (We can hope!) Here are the most critical things for this weekend. BE WARNED!Timing for application of pre-emergent granules for winter …

Cornelius Nursery a gem more than ever

By Neil Sperry • August 7, 2024

When I was a kid horticulturist, getting to meet Sterling Cornelius was like sitting down with Mickey Mantle. And going to his nursery at 2223 Voss Rd. in Houston was …

Persian Shield’s foliage is other-worldly

By Neil Sperry • August 6, 2024

My first time to see Persian shield was in the Texas A&M Floriculture Department greenhouses when I was barely a teenager. It was mixed in with all the other foliage …

Make it work with a potting bench – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • August 6, 2024

Potting benches can be as simple as a table pushed against an exterior wall or as grandiose as a repurposed sideboard, painted and outfitted with a tile countertop, sink and …

Gardening This Weekend: August 8, 2024

By Neil Sperry • August 6, 2024

When it’s “summertime hot” I try to shorten my weekly list of “gotta-do” things to the minimum. Here’s what made the cut this time around. PLANT• Fall foliage color from …

Bright rays of sunshine

By Neil Sperry • July 30, 2024

If the homework assignment is for yellow in the late summer garden, here’s a collection that’s sure to please. Best of all, these will meld in with your fall colors …

Siting our shade trees

By Neil Sperry • July 30, 2024

A vigorous shade tree of a superior species can be a real asset in your landscape, but that depends to a large part on whether you put it in the …

‘Little Lime’ Hydrangea – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • July 29, 2024

Lime green is a color that cools off and refreshes a hot summer landscape, and that’s just what ‘Little Lime’ hydrangea does. A smaller version of its eight-foot-tall cousin, ‘Limelight,’ …

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