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From the Sperry Garden – April, 2011

By Neil Sperry • April 27, 2011

I posted photos of my new bottletrees on my Facebook page a few weeks ago, and you’d think I’d just spoken ill of my mama. A hush went over the …

From the Sperry Gardens – March, 2011

By Neil Sperry • March 30, 2011

New Orleans gate is flanked by crotons in Sperry landscape. On Facebook a couple of nights ago, a gentleman asked about the best sources of summer color for a group …

From the Sperry Gardens – February, 2011

By Neil Sperry • February 23, 2011

As cold as it got, and as long as temperatures stayed well below freezing in our rural DFW landscape, I figured that I’d find browned, brittle leaves on my cast …

From the Sperry Garden – January, 2011

By Neil Sperry • January 25, 2011

I bought this great little single-trunk Nellie R. Stevens holly from my friends at Covington Nursery in Rowlett four months ago. It’s the second time I’ve had a specimen Nellie …

From the Sperry Gardens – December, 2010

By Neil Sperry • December 27, 2010

Old fencerow of bois d’arc trunks in winter. Bur oak Mexican plum Rusty blackhaw viburnum Glendora White crape myrtle Natchez crape myrtle Coral bark maple Yaupon holly Your friends may …

From the Sperry Gardens – November, 2010

By Neil Sperry • November 30, 2010

I didn’t see a lot that really shouted out to me as I walked through my garden this morning. I’ve bought seven new Japanese maples recently, since the eight or …

From the Sperry Garden – October, 2010

By Neil Sperry • October 26, 2010

Neil’s favorite croton (9 ft. by 10 ft.), his favorite wife (5 ft. 5 in.) and his favorite cat (1 ft. 2 in.) I bought this croton as a 1-gallon …

From the Sperry Garden – September, 2010

By Neil Sperry • September 29, 2010

People now quote what they hear me say on my radio program many times every year, "We live in a pecan forest." Hopefully, that’s decidedly clear in this photo taken …

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