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From the Sperry Gardens – August, 2012

By Neil Sperry • August 29, 2012

I’ve had a love affair with Asian jasmine since I was about 14 years old. Let it be known that I’m referring to a plant — not a person, and …

From the Sperry Gardens – July, 2012

By Neil Sperry • July 24, 2012

My dad was a range ecologist with Texas A&M. I grew up with a hearty respect for grasses. However, where he was mainly interested in grasses that sheep and goats …

From the Sperry Gardens – June, 2012

By Neil Sperry • June 27, 2012

Of Grade Changes and Groundcovers To build our house 36 years ago, we had to find a spot close enough to being level that would allow us to scrape off …

From the Sperry Garden – May, 2012

By Neil Sperry • May 30, 2012

When Even St. Augustine Starts to Thin Great landscapes begin with turfgrass, and shade trees are almost always the next plants to go in. Sooner or later, those two will …

The Sperry Backyard/Shade Central!

By Neil Sperry • May 22, 2012

Bermudagrass requires 6 to 8 hours of hot, direct sunlight to thrive. St. Augustine and fescue require 4 to 6 hours. Zoysias are somewhere in-between, and buffalograss really needs full …

Time for the Pilgrimage

By Neil Sperry • March 28, 2012

Where we live in North Central Texas (cool part of rural Collin County), I normally wait until there is just about no chance at any more killing frosts (April 5-10) …

From the Sperry Garden – February, 2012

By Neil Sperry • February 20, 2012

I bought a lovely 10-gallon Nellie R. Stevens holly for a very visible spot in our home landscape somewhere about 30 years ago. Increasingly, it had grown rather sparse at …

From the Sperry Garden – January, 2012

By Neil Sperry • January 25, 2012

Landscapes often consist of "rooms," just like the insides of our homes do. We have a relatively small front yard. It’s actually right where my wife was standing as she …

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