Every January, just as East Texans begin eyeing their dormant landscapes and dreaming of spring, we host one of our favorite educational traditions of the year: the Professional Landscape Maintenance ...

A rock pathway directs water from the gutter on this home to the native plants in a garden designed by landscaper Carrie Dubberley. Carrie Dubberley Taylor Kirkland loves his creek-side property in ...

Sudden plunges into arctic temperatures don't give plants time to become hardened to the cold. Here's what could happen to ...

You wake up and turn on the radio. You hear that the overnight low was 82 degrees. Yeah. It’s almost enough to make you hate Texas. But not quite. I grew up in this state, and I learned a long time ...

If you’ve ever admired someone’s perennial garden and wished for one in your own landscape, it really could happen. All it ...

Q: I’m looking for a plant to replace several holly ferns that used to be in shade until we lost a post oak tree. The ferns have been barely hanging on since we had the tree removed. I’d like a ...

Each year, Central Texas gardeners face eminent heat, drought, floods or freezes, sometimes all four. The following story ran July 11, 2022, just months after a major freeze, and just before our ...