Made for Shade
By Gail Dugelby. There are plenty of flowering plants and grasses that are made for the shade— and they save water, too! Bermuda grass and zoysia need sun — and […]
Steer Deer Clear of Your Landscape
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 hot, dry weather and the […]
Texas Buckeye Beauties
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 many wildflowers this year due […]
Forego the Fertilizer for Now
By Brad Wier. Your grass won’t start actively growing until about mid-April. If you fertilize it now you’ll just feed the weeds. What can you do for your lawn right […]
Spring Cleaning for your Perennials
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 esperanza will awaken from their […]
A Fruitful Landscape
By Malachi Leo. Hungry for more shade in your landscape? Now is the time to finish planting fruit trees so they can get established before the heat of summer arrives. […]
How To Hand Pollinate Melons
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 those who garden on high […]
Texas Redbud
The traffic-stopping sight of redbud in bloom is one of the earliest signs of spring; pink flowers smother the bare branches for a couple of weeks before the leaves appear. […]
Indomitable Damianita
By Kevin Pride. Few plants can tolerate the inhospitable “inferno strip” between the sidewalk and street. But one underrated native can endure all the heat it can dish out. When […]
A Fresh Start for Your Spring Rose Blooms
By Martha Wright. With a little care this time of year, roses can be the stars of your garden all spring and summer. Late winter is the perfect time to […]