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- Oak Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Nov 7, 2009
I've been a fan of oak leaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) for a long time. The large oak shaped leaves and white flowering panicles are two of its best traits but in the fall its color changes are very nice too. The leaves change through a range...
- Late to the Party by Miss Rumphius' Rules on Oct 29, 2009
It’s been a while since I wrote about a plant. I tend to leave that to other, better horticulturists. Spotted, driving down a country road, Hamamelis virginiana’s yellow puffs tell me it’s time to turn on the heat and hunker down...
- Asclepias Tuberosa Seeds (Butterfly Weed) by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Sep 10, 2009
Sometimes there are seeds that are just too cool not to have their own post which is the case for butterfly weed seeds! Asclepias tuberosa is a beautiful orange plant in the garden and along roadsides but what is really neat is its method of seed dis...
- Berry Good Plants! by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Aug 10, 2009
Unique berry producing plants are always welcome in my garden. What do I mean by unique? I'm glad you asked! If you didn't ask then bear with me anyway. To me a unique berry plant is one that may not be in everyone's landscape. Plants that look spect...
- The Back Ornamental Garden - The Beginning by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Jul 31, 2009
I'm always trying to start something new, usually I bite off more than I can chew but in this case I'm taking our back ornamental garden at a casual pace. In other words I'm not pushing myself to get it done but just doing what I can when I can. ...
- New Additions: Texas Sage and Eupatorium 'Chocolate' by The Home Garden: Gardening in the Home Landscape on Jul 30, 2009
Last week I was out of town teaching and was forced to come home early due to a awful case of food poisoning (watch out for those buffets!) When Saturday rolled around my outdoor work plans were drastically changed. I had planned on getting some mul...
- Why Native? by Living Green in Wichita Falls on Jul 11, 2009
I try to encourage people to plant native in their yards, but it is often hard to prove that this is better for the local wildlife.Last year at the Texas Master Naturalist annual meeting, I found a book, Bringing Nature Home, by Douglas Tallamy. This...
