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Palms provide a great tropical feel to your landscape without excessive maintenance and now is a great time to plant them. See the seven best we suggest sowing. Warm winds softly blowing. Palm [...]

Butterflies go gaga over Gregg’s mistflower — and it makes an attractive, unconventional groundcover. In addition, it’s a tough native Texan! I am so excited to be featuring my [...]

Mexican olive makes a dynamic focal point in a garden bed. And, it’s one of the many beautiful choices available for the fall WaterSaver Landscape Coupon. Are you creating a new WaterSaver [...]

Both Mexican and European olives are xeric plants and both can tolerate heat and drought. Mexican and European olive are xeric plants and both are included in the fall WaterSaver Landscape [...]

The very best way to limit oak wilt is selecting and planting the best oak species for our region that are resistant to this deadly disease. Many of you have heard about the dangers of oak wilt, [...]

A lot of mythology surrounds the oak wilt disease that’s so common in our region. Arborist Mark Peterson sets the record straight. During the last millennium, because of my experience in [...]

Late summer is a good time to do some simple touch-up maintenance — mulching, replanting, pruning — to your landscape. Late summer is a good time to just enjoy your landscape or do some simple [...]

Incorporating agaves into your landscape doesn’t have to be painful. There are a few agaves — and a few similar big succulents — that have soft or spineless (even huggable) leaves. If you’re [...]

True to its name, Big Bend Yucca is a West Texas native that’s able to tolerate serious sun, heat, and drought. The first week of August can be tough in local landscapes: spring blooms have long [...]

While it’s always recommended to paint fresh wounds with an oil or latex paint, the heat at this time of year also helps protect against oak wilt. The really hot weather of July and August [...]