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Fall Plant Sales!!!
People often ask me where I get my plants. Some plants came from independent nurseries, but the majority of my plants came from special event plant sales. I like these sales because they often include...
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Bloom or Bust
My garden has two big blooming seasons, one in the spring and one in the fall. The fall blooming season is, arguably, the most impressive. One of the star bloomers each fall is the gayfeather, Liatris...
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Fall Blooms!
Last week I questioned whether the fall blooming season would be a bust this year because of the drought and because several of the Liatris stems were dying before the flowers opened. Stems are still...
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Prairie Plant Profile #6 - Beebrush
Beebrush or whitebrush, Aloysia gratissima, is a favorite shrub in my garden. It grow about 10 feet tall and has an arching structure. The deciduous leaves are small and few. This gives bee-brush an...
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Demonstration Gardens at Weston Gardens In Bloom
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Fort Worth and stopped at Weston Gardens In Bloom. It is not often that I am in Fort Worth, but when I am, I usually try to find the time to stop at this nursery. Weston...
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Texas Native Plant Week at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve
This week, October 20 through 26, 2013, is the fifth annual Texas Native Plant Week. Instead of posting more pictures of the native plants growing in my garden, I thought I would share pictures of some...
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Autumn Update
It has been about a month since I posted any pictures from my garden so it is time for an update. When we last saw my garden at the end of September, it was filled with purple spikes of Liatris...
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Season Finale
This morning I stepped onto the patio for a deep breath of life before leaving for work. It was an absolutely beautiful morning.As I stood there soaking it in, I realized that this is all about to come...
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Save the Prairie at Oak Point - Part 1
A few weeks ago, I posted about my first visit to Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano. At the time of my visit, I was unaware that there is a small remnant of blackland prairie within the...
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Ice Ice Baby
I know. I should not have done it and I am sure I am not the only person to make this reference today, but I could not help referring to a song that made Dallas native Robert Van Winkle (better known...
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Save the Prairie at Oak Point - Part 2
This is my second post on the prairie remnant at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano. Preservationists have been working with the city to save the prairie and as much of the surrounding...
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Christmas 2013
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.Christmas Cactus, Opuntia christmaslightii.
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Untold Stories of 2013: When Insects Attack!
While we wait for spring to come, I thought I would share some of my untold gardening stories from 2013. The blog posts I started and never finished.One of the things I remember most about 2013 was the...
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Misty Sunday Morning
This morning the weather was a little misty ahead of another cold front that could bring some more frozen precipitation this week. The moisture always brings out the colors of the Little Bluestem...
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Untold Stories of 2013: Unexpected Spikiness
While we wait for spring, here is another untold story from 2013.Last summer I collected photos of several spiky plants in and around my neighborhood. Some of these spiky plants were unexpected finds...
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Let Me Off This Ride
Maybe it is just me, but it seems like the temperatures this winter have been more of a roller coaster ride of highs and lows than in the past. For the latest example, the high temperatures on Friday...
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Getting Trashed
Every time a cold front blows through, like one did last night, I get trashed. Well, not me personally. My garden gets trashed and I take it personally. You see, I am one street off of a major...
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First Day of Spring and Native Plant Sales
Spring begins today. Tennyson wrote, "In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Maybe because I am not so young any more, my fancy is turning to thoughts of gardening...
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Prairie Plant Profile # 7 - Golden Groundsel
My Golden Groundsel, Packera obovata, is in full bloom right now. Its bright yellow flowers cheer up the garden in early spring when many other plants are still coming out of dormancy.The clusters of...
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Little Leaves
It has taken a while, but after a long, cold winter, it looks like spring has finally taken hold. Stems and branches that were bare all winter (not counting the ice) are showing signs of life again.The...
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