By Kevin Pride, SAWS Conservation Field Investigator. Though it’s less common than winter dormancy, some plants — like pink evening primrose — snooze over summer...
By David Abrego. More than just conserving space, container gardening also offers portability and creative freedom. Not everyone has the yard for a grand garden....
By Sasha Kodet. Make your landscape less inviting with plants that offend. Our deer friends dislike aromatic, prickly, fuzzy and milky sap plants. With recent...
By Gail Dugelby. Texas’ native buckeyes unleash their exotic hybrid flowers along Salado Creek for a festival of red, pink and yellow. We’re not seeing...
With warmer weather here, this is a good time to tidy up your winter-browned perennials. Shortly, our flowering perennials such as salvia, penstemon, lantana and...
By Heather Rhoades. Hand pollinating melon plants like watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew may seem unnecessary, but for some gardeners who have difficulty attracting pollinators, like...
