Blog Entries categorized as "Perennials & Annuals"
Garlic Chives: A Tough Edible Ornamental Perennial Pollinator Plant!
September 30, 2024
Garlic Chives Beats the Heat and Feeds the Neighborhood
Salvia benefits from Chilling
February 27, 2019
Coneflower are Long-Day Plants
February 19, 2019
Plants that bloom only in the summer are considered long-day plants.
Seed Stratification for Germination
September 24, 2018
Some seeds require stratification for germination.
Plant Rant: Which Texas Sage is it Really?
October 11, 2017
Plant Rant: Which Texas Sage is it Really?
Collecting & Saving Seeds
October 6, 2017
New Plants: Keep your eyes out for these new silver beauties!
August 14, 2017
Bloomers that Beat the Summer Heat
June 23, 2017
In The Garden: Third Year’s A Charm
April 14, 2017
Daffodils Are On Their Way…
March 10, 2017
Passion Flower: Prized Garden Possession
June 10, 2016
Time for Tropicals
May 11, 2016
Get Ready for Hummingbirds in the Garden
March 29, 2016
Pretty Peonies
March 28, 2016
Fresh in White
March 23, 2016
Forage for Edible Flowers in Your Garden
January 31, 2016
Milkweed Tiger Moth Caterpillars
August 13, 2015
AAS/PPA Perennial Trial Opens for New Entries
June 3, 2015
Cascabela: A Tropical Texas Beauty!
September 17, 2014
Plant Irises in Fall for Spring Blooms!
September 12, 2014
Winning Summer Plant Duo
September 8, 2014
Garden Tour: What’s in bloom?
April 14, 2014
White Flowers: Sophisticated and Serene
March 30, 2014
Tulips are Blooming!
March 17, 2014
Your Home Address in Succulents
February 7, 2014
Dreaming of Gentians
February 5, 2014
Foliage: The foundation of a garden
February 3, 2014
Bulbine: This tough Aloe relative just loves to bloom!
November 19, 2013
Evergreen Wisteria
September 11, 2013
Video: Black Diamond Crapemyrtles
May 22, 2013
Cool Ideas for Spring Containers
May 9, 2013
Crape Myrtle ‘Black Diamond’
May 2, 2013
Why you should NOT be planting Impatiens this year…
April 15, 2013
Spring Blooms in the Garden
March 18, 2013
It’s Tulip Time in Texas!
February 19, 2013
Roly Poly Destruction! Or, what’s eating my pansies?
February 12, 2013
The Prettiest Pansies
November 30, 2012
October Fine Gardening
October 25, 2012
Trailing Rosemary Blooming Gangbusters!
October 18, 2012
Iceland Poppies: Fall Planted Winter Beauties
October 7, 2012
I know it’s 106 F degrees…but I’m still planting.
July 30, 2012
Whirling Butterflies…
May 22, 2012
Fragrant Echinacea
May 19, 2012
Passiflora incarnata, Maypop!
April 13, 2012
Camellia ‘Setsugekka’
December 15, 2011
Tough Summer Bloomers: Cone Flowers
July 19, 2011
Tough Summer Bloomers: Pride of Barbados
July 18, 2011
New Echinacea Cultivars in Bloom
June 2, 2011
Streetside Garden Blooms
March 27, 2011
Planting New Fruit Trees
March 15, 2011
Containers with Black Petunias
March 12, 2011
New ‘Plentifall’ trailing pansies..Oooooo, aaaahhhhh!
October 13, 2010
New Asian Jasmine ‘Snow-N-Summer’
September 8, 2010
Hot Climate Gardening: Garlic Chives
August 23, 2010
Echinacea ‘Mac N’ Cheese’
August 12, 2010
Oakleaf Hydrangea blooming away…
May 17, 2010
The first Nasturtium blooms…
May 14, 2010
First blooms on the Clematis ‘Ramona’
May 3, 2010
Blue Spiderwort Flowers UP CLOSE
April 27, 2010
Blue Flower Groundcover: Ajuga ‘Catlin’s Giant’
April 26, 2010
How Cool are Calendula Seeds?
March 7, 2010
Growing Iceland Poppies in Texas
January 29, 2010
Bees on the Passion Vine
November 22, 2009
‘Four Seasons’ Viola…My new fave…
November 12, 2009
Passion flower, Passiflora violacea
October 13, 2009
Aggie Cotton in Bloom
August 25, 2009
Butterfly Ginger in Bloom
August 24, 2009
Hummingbird sightings!
August 19, 2009
Spring Texas Garden Plants in Bloom
May 31, 2009
Garden Tour May 2009
May 18, 2009
Stone’enge…
May 10, 2009
April blooms…
May 1, 2009
Japanese Maple 'Oshi Beni'
April 9, 2009
Backyard Bed Continued…
April 6, 2009
Spring Blooms
April 4, 2009
Spanish Bluebells
March 31, 2009
Pretty as a peach…
March 15, 2009
