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Q&A – Ask Neil: January 22, 2026

By Neil Sperry • January 19, 2026

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. January ...

Leatherleaf mahonia shines in the spring

By Neil Sperry • January 19, 2026

It’s not always easy to find a plant that will grow well in heavy shade. One that will thrive in shallow, alkaline soil, and that’s drought-tolerant to boot. But this ...

Garden journals … the write stuff – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • January 19, 2026

Whether you are a vegetable grower, flower lover, nature enthusiast, patio plantsman, plant collector or gardener-of-all-trades, you can benefit from keeping a garden journal, and there’s no better time than ...

Gardening This Weekend: January 22, 2026

By Neil Sperry • January 19, 2026

Notes below were written before our visit to Houston (see home page). I am adding these warnings from my iPhone as we return home. The original notes will still apply ...

2026 Annual Texas Fruit Conference

By Neil Sperry • January 14, 2026

Texas A&M has many outstanding research and Extension horticultural fruit and pecan specialists, and they’ve put together a fabulous 2-day event for all serious fruit growers, both commercial and amateur ...

Let me tell you the understory

By Neil Sperry • January 13, 2026

Think of a forest. A deep, dark forest. One where little sunlight penetrates to the ground below. That’s not the kind of place where you think of planting trees. Yet ...

Can’t keep your hands off this plant

By Neil Sperry • January 13, 2026

Growing up in Texas gives a plant nerd a certain appreciation for cacti and succulents. It’s not that they’re native in all parts of our state. But we know that ...

Q&A – Ask Neil: January 15, 2026

By Neil Sperry • January 12, 2026

(Please read these instructions carefully.)Before you post your question, please look at recent issues to see if someone else has already asked it. You might find your answer there. January ...

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