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From the Sperry Garden – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

29 years ago this weekend we moved into our home. One of my first landscaping tasks was to lay out beds in front of the house, and this old edging …

From the Sperry Gardens

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

If you have a good bit of shade in your landscape you’re limited on the flowers that will grow there. Many of us capitalize on interesting textures. However, variegated annuals …

From the Sperry Garden – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

The St. Augustine in this part of our lawn has struggled for at least the past 6 or 8 years. However, it’s really gone down hill in the past two …

From the Sperry Garden – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

Pampas grass was a staple in South Central Texas when I was a boy. It was like wallpaper in the Brazos County scenery. Maybe it was because it always came …

From the Sperry Garden – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

We moved into our home 29 years ago. Soon thereafter I planted three 5-gallon compact nandinas (the second-tallest of the 7 or 8 common types of nandinas) beneath our living …

From the Sperry Garden – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

Some plants are worth carrying over indoors. Others are not. How can you tell the difference so you don’t use your valuable space needlessly or, worse yet, watch important plants …

From the Sperry Home Garden

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

One of the challenges in pruning junipers is that they are reluctant to send out new branches if you cut away all of the existing ones. Therefore, when you prune …

From the Sperry Garden – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 22, 2007

I have been growing fall asters (Aster oblongifolius) in this same location for more than 20 years. When I bought my first three 1-gallon plants they were almost never sold …

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