In many parts of the state Texas mountain laurel may be used
in place of ligustrum, red tip photinia, oleander, or crape myrtle.
(photo Mrs W D Bransford, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collection)
Most gardening seminars these days are about the same old topics; what plants to plant, how to grow them, and what pesticides they require to keep them alive. Much of the information is redundant and often not practical or sustainable. There just aren’t that many conferences that seem to make a difference any more. read more »
Everyone welcomes the early-spring blossoms of the redbud tree. They are one of the first signs that winter is on the way out. If the redbuds are blooming, can the bluebonnets be far behind?
Last weekend after the temperature in our yard dropped to 12 degrees one night and 16 the next night, I was lamenting about having to look out on a desolate brown yard for several weeks until spring arrives. read more »
It was a sad sight indeed! Benny Simpson’s trial plots at Texas AgriLIFE Urban Solutions site in Dallas were overgrown, weedy, and littered with piles of unremoved limbs from past prunings. Grapevine, some as thick as a wrist, scampered up through the limbs of trees. Goldenrod, gone to seed, romped down tractor rows. read more »
