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Stories from the latest editions:

  • Coneflowers: What’s in a Name?
    Photo by Edith Bettinger, courtesy of the Ladybird Johnson Wildlife Center Bush’s Coneflower and Gray-Headed Coneflower, though both members of the asterae (daisy) family of flowers, belong to separate sub-groups (genera). Bush’s Coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa, is…
  • Container Gardening 101
    Photo by congerdesign If you have only a few sunny spots in your yard, Master Gardener Ann Brown suggest container gardening. This makes the most out of what you have. Raised containers…
  • The Mysterious Twig Girdling Beetle
    What causes the ground to be littered with pencil-size leafy branches when there has been no storm? Could it be squirrels? No, it is Twig Girdling Beetles (Oncideres cingulata), members of the…
  • For Winter Interest Consider a Hornbeam
    Photo credit: UT Gardens staff. Think of it as landscape efficiency. Why plant one tree for each season when you could choose a “four-season tree” with year-round interest. After shedding their leaves…
  • Bring a Little Black Magic into Your Garden
    Photo by Master Gardener Ann Bartlett If you’re a fan of Halloween decor and that old black magic has you in its spell, you might consider continuing your dark arts bent into the…