GARDENS Magazine - September/October 2006

Feature Articles

Fall bulbs for Texas Gardens

From seemingly lifeless summer landscapes, these beauties burst in bloom.

Monarch Migration

Plan a fall garden party for the millions of butterflies headed our way.

Build a Book

Carissa holly, box elder.

Through the Garden Gate

The Garden Conservancy's Open Days Program offers us a peek at some of the state's best private gardens.

Texas' Best Perennials

Arguably some of the easiest-care blooming perennials, salvias love the heat, stand up to drought, and reward gardeners with stellar flower spikes.

From the Sperry Garden

On a Personal Note:

Best plants.

Ask Neil:

Next step in crape myrtle care, nandina solutions, and more.

Lone Stars

Rising Star: Zenith and Sunburst Marigolds

Good breeding makes these marigolds bloom beautifully--and they're virtually bulletproof.

Caryoptheris

A mist of blue blooms and silvery foliage characterize this shrubby plant.

Rosemary

Fragrant, often evergreen foliage and multiple uses in the landscape and kitchen make this herb a top choice for Texas gardens.

Ornamental Peppers

Spice up you fall garden.

'Peggy Martin' Rose

A tale of gardens loved and lost, and one heirloom rose that holds family and friends together through it all.

Designing Texas

Reclaiming a Treasure

At the historic Cooper-Reid estate, current owner Paul Pendelton restored a massive grape arbor with splendid results.

Unity in the Garden

The fifth and final installment in our series on landscape design.

Texas Tips

Improving Texas Soils

No matter the type--limestone, sand, or clay--you can make it better.

Cool-season Turf for Warm Climates

Improvements make new choices available.

Finishing Touch

Garden Illusion

Seeing is believing.