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AT LEAST JUST STOP PLANTING CRAPE MYRTLES By Linda Gay | Horticulturist & Gardener The way crape myrtles look in February and March is a travesty (a distorted representation of a tree) and a tragedy (an event causing great suffering destruction and distress). The...
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IF THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE FOR YOU, TRY CAMELLIAS by Don Marcotte President of the Coushatta Camellia Society funny-farm2@sbcglobal.net Camellias, native to Asia, have become fixtures in the West ever since their introduction in the 1700s. Their leaves are...
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‘I HAD NO IDEA THE INCREDIBLE MENACE THIS WEED REALLY IS’ by Patrick Hudnall, Vice President | Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society A tough new weed is quickly becoming established around Houston. It grows in full sun, shade, thick clay, gravel, sand or...
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HYDROPONICS WORTH TRYING! By Brandi Keller HARRIS COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT – HORTICULTURE Harris.agrilife.org Hydroponics, an alternative method of gardening, is gaining in popularity for its efficiency and versatility. Unlike traditional soil-based gardening,...
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JOHN’S CORNER: How to Grow Weeds by John Ferguson The plants we call weeds have a role in nature. This means they have a purpose and that purpose is most often to fix soil problems. To ensure we have a good supply of weeds in our gardens and lawns, we need to use bad...
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HOUSTON’S EARLY-SETTLEMENT FLORA CAN GUIDE PLANTING OF YOUR NATIVE GARDEN By RUSSELL KANE Technical writer, naturalist at VintageTexas.com (vintagetexas.com) & DAN WORRALL Author & Member, Harris County Historical Commission...
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HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN MEETING CHALLENGES & EXPANDING HORIZONS From WEST 8 & HOUSTON BOTANIC GARDEN West 8’s Master Plan for Houston Botanic Garden articulates the potential future for the Garden over the next 20 to 30 years. The Plan takes its...
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Houston Audubon’s Natives Nursery Provides Unique, “Real-Deal” Native Plants By Anna Vallery | Houston Audubon Conservation Specialist | avallery@houstonaudubon.org At Houston Audubon we believe every greenspace counts. Urban restoration projects...
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HIBISCUS — PRUNING & ROOTING CUTTINGS by Marti Graves | American Hibiscus Society – Lone Star Chapter PRUNING TIPS Hibiscus bloom on new growth, so do not be afraid to prune. You can prune all summer. Hibiscus growers prune to remove dead or...
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HUGELKULTUR: BUILDING FERTILE SOIL WITH WOOD LOGS By Mary Khazen Karish | Waller County Master Gardener Forests have existed for thousands of years without landscaping companies installing irrigation systems or chemical companies fertilizing the soil. Trees...
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Healthy Soils, Healthy Plants, Healthy People by Mike Serant | MicroLife Organic Fertilizers The key to successful gardening is to ‘Go Underground’ We have fully launched into the 3rd Agriculture Revolution and it doesn’t involve the plow or chemicals but our...
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HELL STRIP GARDENING GROWING PLANTS WHERE PLANTS DON’T WANT TO GROW by Gaye Hammond | Houston Rose Society Let’s face it. All landscapes have at least one spot where plants just don’t want to grow. Whether that spot is the narrow strip of...
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HARVEY SURVIVORS IN SPOTLIGHT THIS YEAR AT MARCH MART By MELODIE B. HILL, DON DUBOIS, CEIL DOW, AMY CONROY, JULEE JACKSON, CHARLYN BROWN, LIZ VAN DER LAAG & KITT BURNSIDES | MERCER BOTANIC GARDENS | https://www.facebook.com/MercerBotanicGardens/ Harvey flood...
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‘Happy Tree’ lures Texan to China by MIKE PETERS (CHINA DAILY) Editor’s note: Many of our readers will remember Mike Peters from his many years as a top notch Houston/Southern U.S. garden writer. Mike writes for the China Daily these days. We love...
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LOVES GARDENING IN SHADE! By GUDRUN OPPERMAN Shade gardening in Houston is much preferable to gardening in the sun! I have developed quite a shade tolerant collection under mature native trees . . . lots of color, interesting leaf shapes and forms as the...
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ON FORTUNIANA ROOTSTOCK “THE WAY TO GROW” By Don Adlong | Houston Rose Society – www.houstonrose.org Most modern roses are grafted or budded onto a rootstock because they do not produce a vigorous root system on their own. The most common...
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By Jacob Martin | Greenhouse Manager at Mercer Botanic Garden Owner | Old School Produce oldschoolproduce.com Grow flavor filled, nutrition packed produce at home for exciting, new meal options. Microgreens and sprouts have been around a while, but are just recently...
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In our Area By John Jons | Galveston County Master Gardener The hop plant can be an attractive large climbing vine-like ornamental. The hop plant’s flowers called cones are used in herbal medicines and as a flavoring and stability agent in beer. The young hops...
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For A Flower Show By Mary Gage & Jeannie Mallick | Cypress Creek Daylily Club May is peak blooming season for the beloved Hemerocallis. A great way to celebrate: participate in a local flower show! Two Daylily Shows that welcome entries from nonmembers are coming...
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– FOR FUN OR PROFIT By Soni Holiday | Local Flora, Fulshear If you are interested in adding cut flowers to your garden or landscape, there are a lot of great options! If those of you reading already have a planting site with full sun, good drainage and nutrient...
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Carya illinoensis by Nicky Maddams | Waller County Master Gardener, Texas Master Gardener Association Communications Director Pecan trees are ubiquitous in the South, just like sweet tea and biscuits! These beautiful, shapely trees provide a cool canopy in the heat...
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FOR OUR GULF COAST AREA! By BROMELIAD SOCIETY/HOUSTON (bromeliadsocietyhouston.org) We’d like to introduce to you some interesting bromeliads that you might want to consider adding to your collections – and why you should consider them. The following plants include...
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Protect Them from Pests with Native Texas Flowers! by MARGARET GNEWUCH | Native Plant Society of Texas | npsot.org/wp/houston Vegetables depend upon beneficial insects when attacked by destructive plant pests. In her book, Attracting Beneficial Bugs to your Garden ,...
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GOOD SUMMER HERBS FOR THE HOUSTON-AREA REGION by Jeanie Dunnihoo | Harris County Master Gardener and Herb Society of America South Texas Unit member Summer is a great time to dot your landscape with herbs. Our warm tropical climate enables us to plant herbs like...
