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Rounding out the garden – by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • August 12, 2025

It’s hard to pinpoint what makes garden orbs so appealing. Some orbs resemble colorful balloons, others suggest iridescent bubbles. Still other orbs, with their craggy textures and earthen hues, appear ...

Gardening This Weekend: August 14, 2025

By Neil Sperry • August 12, 2025

Here are the mid-August things you’ll want to do for your landscape and garden. PLANT• Fall annuals for the intense colors they’ll bring to your landscape. Let an independent retail ...

Little plant, you’ve come so far

By Neil Sperry • August 6, 2025

Madagascar must be filled with other-worldly plants. I’ll let you do the searching but suffice to say that this little jewel called pink polka dot won’t even move the needle ...

Q&A – Ask Neil: August 7, 2025

By Neil Sperry • August 6, 2025

(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. July ...

Can you spell “acclimated?”

By Neil Sperry • August 6, 2025

To a tropical houseplant that’s just spent 8 or 10 months of cloudy, cool winter and spring weather inside a house or apartment, perhaps with the lights turned down while ...

Osmanthus ‘Goshiki’

By Steve Huddleston • August 6, 2025

Otherwise known as false holly, osmanthus is a large, slow-growing, dense and evergreen shrub with a rounded habit of growth. It’s grown for its attractive, holly-like foliage and fragrant (although ...

Gardening This Weekend: August 7, 2025

By Neil Sperry • August 5, 2025

Things are warming back up. I don’t need to remind you – early morning and late evening are the best times to be gardening in Texas in August. Even then, ...

Backyard makeover — from humdrum to backyard fun: Part 2 by Diane Morey Sitton

By Diane Morey Sitton • July 30, 2025

Gardeners, especially, know the value of flowers when it comes to adding color. Red, yellow, pink, purple, white…flowers span the spectrum, adding accents whether planted as specimens or in mass. ...

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