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– NOT THAT! Alternatives to overused landscape plants by Melodie Hill Program Coordinator, Mercer Botanic Gardens With thanks to Jennifer Garrison, Education Director, Jacob Martin, Greenhouse Manager, and The Mercer Society March Mart Team Thousands of...
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by Jean Fefer jfefer5@comcast.net It is exceptional that a country the size of Israel, which comprises most of what we think of as the Land of the Bible, supported over 2,600 plant species. Even more interesting since the country is 1/2 desert. The Bible...
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by Frank Ohrt President, Coushatta Camellia Society It’s wintertime, and most flowers of summer are done. Don’t despair. Winter is the season for camellias, loveliest flowers of all! Camellia sassanquas are beginning to bloom already. Japonicas and reticulatas are not...
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“POLLINATOR CAFE” — SUN & SHADE PLANT SOLUTIONS IN A HEIGHTS GARDEN By Laurin Lindsey APLD Co-owner, Ravenscourt Landscaping and Design Heavy shade had nixed a lush lawn in Sarah and Richard Doty’s north-facing front garden. While grass...
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JOHN’S CORNER PEAT MOSS REVISITED by John Ferguson This week the topic of peat moss came up on a couple occasions hence I want to revisit the subject. There have been several new research studies released showing the tremendous environmental destruction caused by...
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JOHN’S CORNER: Papal Encyclical by Pope Francis 2015 by John Ferguson A few weeks ago the Vatican released Pope Francis Encyclical Letter on the environment written to everyone living on this planet. It was a 68 page report that consists of 216 points broken down...
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OUR SPRING VEGETABLE GARDENS BEGIN AROUND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR by Peg Turrentine & Jeniffer Pilhal Nottingham Country Garden Club Winter is just beginning for us here on the Gulf Coast, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue growing...
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By GREG GRANT, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ggrantgardens@yahoo.com I’ve always been fascinated by my heritage . . . Who were my people? Where did they come from? Where did they live? What did they grow? Why do I like to garden so much? I like to think I’ve...
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By Dr. William C. Welch on his upcoming lecture “Something Old, Something New – Plant & Design Choices for Today’s Landscapes” It is our wealth of southern gardening heritage—a wealth both stimulating and challenging to today’s...
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– THE CLIMBERS By Angela Chandler The Garden Academy (www.thegardenacademy.com) Ornamedible gardening is the practice of growing edible plants in ornamental ways, including blending them right into our existing landscapes as features. It’s a lot of...
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ORCHIDS – MOVE ‘EM OUTSIDE! By Katherine Brown, Joyce McMillan And Albert Ong galvestonbayorchidsociety.org Many orchids can be grown outside as long as night temperatures are above 55. That includes oncidium, cattleya, dendrobium, vanda, and...
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JOHN’S CORNER: NUT SEDGE CAN DRIVE GARDENER NUTS! by John Ferguson Questions from readers: On 8/3/2016 3:56 PM: a reader wrote: I read the lazy gardener newsletter and read all the books you recommend. I have gardened organically successfully for 35...
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NEWS FLASH! BUMPER CROP OF WEEDS! by Anna Wygrys Galveston County Master Gardeners News Flash: A Bumper Crop of Weeds are Growing in the Upper Gulf Coast of Texas. Moist soils, warm temperatures, and sunshine are providing the perfect growing conditions for an...
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By: LINDA B. GAY Horticulturist and Gardener lgay4756@gmail.com Most people ask me what is my favorite plant. I have to ask what time of year? More often than not, bulbs are my favorite. They surprise me as I forgot I had planted them until I see green noses...
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FOR SPRING GARDENS By: LINDA B. GAY Horticulturist and Gardener lgay4756@gmail.com Naturalizing bulbs are deciduous beauties that pop up in our garden during a Texas winter, strap-like leaves emerging as soil temperatures cool off in January and February. BULB...
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NATIVES LINK GARDENERS TO MORE THAN JUST BEAUTIFUL PLANTS BY BOB DAILEY NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS PINES AND PRAIRIES CHAPTER Does your soil have standing water during our monsoon rains, is it sticky when wet and like cracked concrete when dry?...
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NATIVES LINK GARDENERS TO MORE THAN JUST BEAUTIFUL PLANTS BY BOB DAILEY NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS PINES AND PRAIRIES CHAPTER Thousands of beautiful native plant species once covered Texas. They provided food, nectar, pollen and seeds for butterflies, honeybees,...
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MY VISIT TO THE MONARCH OVERWINTERING SITES IN MEXICO MADE ME A BETTER HOUSTON MONARCH GARDENER! By DIANE RUSSELL, Ph.D. Past President Texas Master Naturalists/Coastal Prairie Chapter Mexican Monarch Wintering Site (Diane Russell Photo) In February 2017 I joined a...
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– THE MIRACLE TREE By Karen Cottingham Herb Society of America / South Texas Unit A plant called Miracle Tree and Tree of Life being promoted as a solution to worldwide malnutrition must be something really special. And as a bonus, Moringa oleifera is an...
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MONARCH WAYSTATION AT BEAR BRANCH ELEMENTARY by Merrie Decker Montgomery County Master Gardener Bear Branch Elementary School, Magnolia ISD, sponsors two Junior Master Gardening (JMG) clubs on the campus with help and guidance from Montgomery County Master...
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MODERN ROSES FOR A TROUBLED EARTH by Lothar Behnke Weeks Roses 2018 marks the 80th year in business since Ollie and Verona Weeks started this venture. Today, we are the only major rose supplier in the US still hybridizing and bringing new products to the...
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Mixing Roses with Companion Plants in the Garden By Gaye Hammond Past President, Houston Rose Society gayeh@lpm-triallaw.com Since the 19th Century, monoculture growing allowed growers to specialize in one plant and purchase only tools and product needed to support...
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By PAT CORDRAY Maas Nursery, Seabrook Fairy gardens are miniature gardens for the home, patio or office. These can be planted and completed in a few minutes, a few hours or as a hobby taking months to complete. Fairy gardens can be changed seasonally or just on...
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MILKWEEDS IN OCTOBER LANDSCAPES HELP PRODUCE 5th GENERATION OF MONARCHS By Marianna T. Wright Executive Director, National Butterfly Center Mission, TX Look to the skies! The Monarch migration is headed for the Gulf Coast, right on time. Historically, the first...
