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Native Son – May, 2008

By Neil Sperry • May 24, 2008

Shangri La Gardens’ magnificent swamp settings include bald cypress and pond cypress trees that survived Hurricane Rita. Photos by Steven Chamblee. The Road Trip to Shangri La The rookery is …

Native Plant Road Trip – April, 2008

By Neil Sperry • April 23, 2008

Wooly White, also known as Old Plainsman. Photo by the author. Happiness is being Steven Chamblee at the Brownwood Garden Club’s Wildflower Festival. Photo by Pat Durraj. Old Plainsman — …

Native Plant Road Trip – March, 2008

By Neil Sperry • March 26, 2008

Red Buckeye (on the first page of e-gardens) and Yellow Baptisia are both “survivors.” Yellow Baptisia will share growing space with cacti. Photos by the author. Red Buckeye/Yellow Baptisia My …

Native Plant Road Trip – February, 2008

By Neil Sperry • February 24, 2008

Hercules Club, Prickly Ash, Tickle Tongue, and Toothache Tree. Photo by the author. Toothache Tree Found myself once again meandering through a meadow just outside of Fayetteville, Texas, listening to …

Native Plant Road Trip – January, 2008

By Neil Sperry • January 30, 2008

Steven Chamblee’s AFTER photo of his three-acre meadow. My Trip Home "Be careful what you wish for … you just might get it." – American adage I …

Native Plant Road Trip – December, 2007

By Neil Sperry • December 26, 2007

Leaves of the Lacey oak. Photo by Neil Sperry. Lacey Oak at the Heard Museum Got up early for the trip over to McKinney for my annual Father Christmas …

Native Plant Road Trip

By Neil Sperry • November 28, 2007

Ball Moss in La Grange Hopped in a friend’s car and headed down Hwy 71 to a little town called Fayetteville (about halfway between Austin and Houston) to visit some …

Native Son – October, 2007

By Neil Sperry • October 30, 2007

Click image for larger view. Click image for larger view. Photo by: Lisa Adams Grove, Horticulturist, Grapevine Botanic Gardens I just got back from my second pilgrimage to the Garden Writers …

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