Lavender fireworks celebrate the beginning of June in North Texas. This is when the Vitex or Chaste Tree explodes with fuzzy, purple blossoms. Growing in popularity, Vitex trees are a care-free, earth-wise addition to the North Texas landscape.
Make the most of your North Texas garden with our monthly garden checklists: timely, season reminders and suggestions from gardening experts.
Growing onions in the North Texas garden is easy and rewarding. Bad luck in the past? Growing onions for the first time? The following steps will make all your onion dreams come true.
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You find a gorgeous Mexican Bush Sage at your favorite garden center, and plant it with loving care. Thinking about all the memories that you will create together. And then…. nothing.
Zinnias are an old-fashioned garden flower that have been cultivated in the U.S. since the 18th century. Grown easily by seed, zinnias bloom reliably throughout the summer and into the fall and make a wonderful cut flower.
Timely tips for a growing a bigger and better garden in late May.
Every year I start hundreds of seedlings in my garage as part of my “Dallas Tomato Trials”. The seedlings are so strong and healthy that I sell all of the extras. The following seed-starting supplies are the secret to my success.
Craig LeHoullier, reknowned tomato expert and author of “Epic Tomatoes”, named the Cherokee Purple tomato in 1990 after receiving a surprise gift of seeds from a John D. Green in Tennesee. Green explained that the seeds came from his neighbor who claimed that the seeds were given to his family by Cherokee Indians a hundred years prior.
Though your first tomatoes of the year are barely ripening, it’s already time to start thinking ahead to the second growing season in North Texas.…
