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Winterscaping with white flowers – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • January 7, 2025

There’s something about white winter flowers that invigorates gardens. As pure as snow, they catch the eye and brighten the landscape. Best of all, selections are available for beds, borders, …

Gardening This Weekend: January 9, 2025

By Neil Sperry • January 7, 2025

As promised, here is the general outline of what we ought to be doing in Texas landscapes and gardens as we head toward the middle of January. Most of this …

Pansies on the Square

By Neil Sperry • January 2, 2025

We’ve lived in McKinney for 48 years. It was a sleepy little county seat of 15,000 when we got here. The latest signs we’ve seen now say there are 230,000 …

Yaupon’s columnar cultivars – by Steve Huddleston

By Steve Huddleston • January 2, 2025

Yaupon holly is a densely branching, broadleafed evergreen shrub or small tree that is used extensively in Texas landscapes and for good reason. Botanically it’s Ilex vomitoria, and it’s native …

Gardening This Weekend: January 2, 2025

By Neil Sperry • December 30, 2024

Here’s my list of early January things to accomplish in your landscape and garden. PLANT• Fruit trees, vines and bushes. Use this link to find varieties recommended by Texas A&M …

Pretty Little Plant You Probably Don’t Know

By Neil Sperry • December 23, 2024

Here’s a plant that’s native to the Tropical Americas, yet most gardeners have never grown it. Some who have grown it say it’s easier than its cousin, the far better-known …

Ironing it out – garden style – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • December 22, 2024

Whether it’s the way the heavy pieces complement the frailty of flowers and foliage or whether it’s the history that radiates from their curves and curlicues, antique iron furniture, fences, …

Asian Giant Murder Hornets Eradicated

By Neil Sperry • December 20, 2024

You may have been calling it, as I did, the “Asian murder hornet.” Entomologists reclassified it a couple of years ago as the “northern giant hornet.” However, anyone who read …

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