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Yeah! High today of only 98 degrees!

I was able to stay in the garden until noon.  This is the first time all week that I have been able to spend much time at all out there without bursting into flames. So what did I do?  I pruned and tied up tomatos.  Did you know that it’s not necessary to plant entirely […]

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Daylilies

I love daylilies!  They have got to be one of the easiest flowers to grow in Texas.  The daylily (Hemerocallis) is a tuberous root perennial.  The leaves look sort of like grass and the flowers bloom from late spring until fall.  Daylilies are incredibly disease resistant and they are drought tolerant, but they will multiply […]

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Trailing Purple ‘Homestead’ Verbena

This is a Purple “Homestead’ Verbena that I got from another gardening friend.   It is the showiest thing in my garden from about the middle of February until the rest of the garden catches up in May or June.  The foliage stays green all year here.  I’m not sure if it is a Texas native […]

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Garden Bones – A Story of Trees

It was a little overwhelming moving from a house with a lot of structure in the yard to a completely blank canvas. Well, OK.  It wasn’t completely blank.  In the back yard, there was a raised area inside of landscaping timbers but it was all grass.  There were also two Live Oak trees, but they […]

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By Swap or by Shop – My Plant Wish List

I just got back from a shopping trip at Home Depot and Lowes and I have to say that I was very reserved in my shopping. Looking back over my planting lists and pictures, I have come to the realization that I have killed a lot of really pretty plants – like these African violets?  […]

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Annual Spring Native Plant Sale – Including Heirloom Plants

Title: Annual Spring Native Plant Sale – Including Heirloom Plants Location: Heard Natural Science Museum, McKinney, TX Link out: Click here Description: Annual Spring Native Plant Sale – Including Heirloom Plants With a New Twist CERAMIC ARTS & DEMONSTRATIONS featuring artists from the Clay Club of Texas A&M University Commerce Members Only: Friday, April 17th, […]

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