Gardening Expertise Blog

How to Tame Your Rain-Revived Wildscape

By Brad Wier. Recent storms were no drought-buster, but they certainly greened up our gardens. Time to tidy up — your neighbors will thank you!...

The principles of pH

By Miguel Rios. Ever had trouble growing vegetables or struggled with plants not reaching their true potential? You may have labored to achieve perfect watering...

Primrose: A Summer Sleeper

By Kevin Pride, SAWS Conservation Field Investigator. Though it’s less common than winter dormancy, some plants — like pink evening primrose — snooze over summer...

Propagating Agave Pups

By Carlos Paris. If you have a mature agave, keep an eye out for little offshoots — aka “pups” — popping up. These small succulents...

Space-Challenged Landscape? Contain Yourself

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...