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Layer your garden from pathway to treetop for beauty, wildlife, and good eating. Layer your garden from pathway to treetop for beauty, wildlife, and good eating. Explore a native plant garden that ...

Now that spring is officially here, ways to spend more time outdoors are top of mind, including getting your hands dirty tending to the garden. For some inspiration and a sneak preview of wildflower ...

Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes, both Texas native flowers as shown in Ennis last spring, require careful preparation that should begin in autumn, according to the Texas Parks and Wildfire ...

Discover drought-tolerant native desert trees—whitethorn acacia, catclaw mimosa and screwbean mesquite—that shelter songbirds ...

Texas is renowned for its stunning wildflower displays every spring, but the timing and intensity of the blooms can vary significantly from year to year, influenced largely by weather conditions. This ...

Houston gardeners Gina Craig and Doreen Gallevo no longer spend glorious October days doing traditional fall gardening chores — all that leaf blowing, raking, deadheading and pruning that creates ...

Earlier in spring, I discussed new gardeners and gardens. I also wrote about the use of self-seeding annuals, which can help new gardeners as they learn this hobby. Here, I will make some suggestions ...

John Hart Asher was feeling low one day in early November, until he stepped outside into a commotion of busy wings. Dozens of butterflies—mostly queens and monarchs but also sulphurs, eastern commas, ...

If you don't smile when you cross paths with a tiny, zippy hummingbird, you probably didn't see one. With iridescent feathers, darting moves, and the ability to hover mid-air like helicopters, these ...