Gardening Blog Posts

Who would think that a miniature pomegranate tree could still be decorating a winter garden? Its leaves are as golden as the majestic Colorado Aspen, yet I get to see it each day in my own backyard!

What do gardeners do in the winter? As I look out on my frosted over backyard, I’m cuddled into my favorite chair browsing through seed catalogues and my favorite gardening books.

Texas gets an undeserved bad rap for gardens because of our extremely hot summers with temperatures soaring into the 100s for days at a time. My garden is here to debunk these misconceptions.

I’ve mentioned in previous blogs how effective marigolds are as companion plants in a vegetable garden, because they’re particularly effective against root-knot nematodes as well as a deterrent to unwanted foraging worm or insect activity.

Blue-mist flower is like a lime-green woven with lavender-blue fluffy carpet. Not only are they lovely to look at, but are a magnet for late season butterflies.

Weeds teach me that any day is a jubilee day, if I choose to recognize the joy in it! I’m going to personify my weed as a she, credit her with strength, resourcefulness, and independence. These thoughts read like the lyrics to a song. Here we go!

If you want your garden to be a monarch butterfly way station, you must plant butterfly weed. This statuesque, architectural statement in your yard is a miracle plant!

As perennials are finished and are cut back, now is the time to implement all those catalogue browsing, magazine dreaming, yard envy planning!

I’m dividing and conquering iris bulbs today. Many gardeners don’t care for irises because they only bloom for a couple of months off and on. However, what a show they put on in the early spring when summer warmth is barely kissing the winter cold.