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10 Important Things to Know When Growing Palm Trees By Grant Stephenson International Palm Society (www.Palms.org) Horticultural Consultants Inc. Board The Dominican Sisters’ Ecology Committee had a dream in the fall of 1994 – that of using a small plot of the...
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10 Important Things to Know When Growing Palm Trees By Grant Stephenson International Palm Society (www.Palms.org) Horticultural Consultants Inc. Board Cold Tolerance – choose a palm tree that will live through our zone 9A winter (typically lows of 20-25...
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by Pam Allan & Nancy Schoepf Missouri City Green www.missouricitygreen.org Diverting rainwater from your roof into a rain barrel is a smart idea, and it’s one that is getting a lot of traction. Rain barrels are readily available but there are some important...
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10 TIPS FOR FUN AND SUCCESSFUL GARDEN TOURS by the League City Garden Club, League City, TX leaguecitygardenclub.org Humor: Always have fun as you spread your passion for gardening while sharing its beautiful results. It’s contagious; makes it easier to work...
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Ten Mistakes in Pruning Roses by Baxter Williams Houston Rose Society Wrong time. Best time for “pruning” (deep cuts into a bush) is the coldest, wettest day of the year. For us that means mid-February = Valentine’s Day. After these deep cuts, just...
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The 10 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Growing Ferns in the Houston Metro Area* by Patrick Hudnall, Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society Picking the wrong fern to plant in the ground. Some ferns grow better in the ground then in pots. Hardy “clumping” ferns are...
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“9 NATIVES” PROJECT ENCOURAGES URBAN START TO COMPENSATING FOR LOSS OF PRAIRIE HABITAT FOR POLLINATORS gchouston.org By MARGARET PIERCE Garden Club of Houston As our native prairies have been destroyed by development and invasive plants, we have endangered...
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6 LANDSCAPE MISTAKES GARDENERS OFTEN MAKE Earth-Kind® Residential Landscaping School By Skip Richter County Extension Agent – Horticulture Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Landscapes certainly add to the value of our home and provide us with years of...
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By Don Dubois Butterfly Enthusiasts of Southeast Texas (BEST) Member, North American Butterfly Association (NABA) In 2012, the North American Butterfly Association (NABA) initiated a nationwide effort to obtain a photographic documentation of caterpillar host plants...
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Winter Vegetable Gardening in Houston and on the Gulf Coast by Dany Millikin Host of HomeShow Radio and Conservation Program Manager for The Memorial Park Conservancy Houston’s winter has mild temperatures that bring out the best flavors in home vegetables. Pesky...
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By Rick and Carol Richtmyer Bromeliad Society /Houston When many people think of bromeliads, they usually think of “airplants.” It’s true, many are epiphytic and will grow with no soil (although they really do need nutrients and water they get from...
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WILDFLOWER HIGHWAY PLANTING — OVERCOMING CHALLENGES! By JAMIE HART LEAGUE CITY GARDEN CLUB Although a project to plant wildflowers along stretch of Hwy 96 at State Highway 3 in League City was initiated in 2012, it never got a good start. Over several years...
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By Paula Payne Paynes in the Grass Daylilies It’s hard to convince folks not to overlook miniature daylilies when the bigger ones can offer so many different options. But minis are a group unto themselves. A flower is not considered a mini unless the diameter of...
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WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT 2018 BILTMORE ROSE TRIALS By Suzanne Gilbert Houston Rose Society This year on September 29 winners of the 2018 Biltmore International Rose Trials were announced after a final judging by rosarians from across the country. Paul Zimmerman of Paul...
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By John Ferguson, Nature’s Way Resources (Part 1) Several times over the last couple weeks the question “What is a healthy soil?” has come up. So, what is a healthy soil and how do we get there? Almost every gardening book I read has some definition...
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“WE HAVE TO TRICK TULIPS INTO THINKING IT’S WINTER” By SHERRIE HAKANSSON STEIGER Harris County Master Gardener, Bouquettes Garden Club, Houston Federation of Garden Clubs I like to plant Darwin Hybrid Mid Season Tulips. They are the most reliable because they do not...
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WE CAN REVERSE INSECT DECLINES! By Doug Tallamy “Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens” In 1987, E.O. Wilson challenged conventional wisdom by claiming that insects were the little things that ran the world. If insects were to...
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WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY ROSES DURING THE VIRUS EPIDEMIC? By BAXTER WILLIAMS American Rose Society Master Rosarian The short answer is “Everything you did before.” The difference is now you have time to do it. Water bushes to maintain turgidity, and feed with good...
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John’s Corner: GARDENING Q & A: A Question From One Our Readers By John Ferguson “All of the soil in my yard is under laid with a large amount of clay which definitely doesn’t drain well. When we get the heavy rains as we have lately, many of my plants...
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By Shawn McFarland AIA, LEED AP Urban Harvest Advisory Board Member Teacher of Permaculture (houstonperm@aol.com) The simplest answer is that Permaculture is a method for designing sustainable human habitats. Permaculture involves a holistic , multi-disciplinary...
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WHAT’S HOT? AND, WHAT’S NOT? CHILE PEPPERS! By Gene Speller Galveston County Master Gardeners Chile peppers — aka chiles, chili, chilli, aji, and capsicum — are Hot. That’s HOT as in both literally (very spicy) and figuratively (latest...
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WANT AN ORCHID ADVENTURE? BRANCH OUT WITH CATASETINAE By HOUSTON ORCHID SOCIETY houstonorchidsociety.org STEPHEN MOFFITT of Houston Orchid Society, recommends Catasetinae if you want to branch out beyond the grocery store Phalaenopsis. Orchids in this alliance are...
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IS DAMAGING TREES By SUSAN GAIL WOOD THE HERB SOCIETY OF AMERICA, SOUTH TEXAS UNIT herbsociety-stu.org Think of these natural root flares as the tree’s feet. Smothering the root flare with soil or mulch limits the amount of oxygen that the tree needs in this area. 2...
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By Dave Creech When folks gather to talk about best small shrubs or small trees for the landscape of the Gulf South, Viburnums don’t often make the list. That may be changing. With so many choices, old and new, there’s a strong foundation to justify...
