FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) — One of my favorite places to visit is the Trial Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. A stroll anytime during the growing season can educate you about what grows ...

Horticulturist Neil Sperry, who has written a weekly garden column for the Express-News since 1995, has compiled a new guide for Texas gardeners. "Lone Star Gardening" offers everything from garden ...

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NORTH TEXAS - If you are looking for some gift ideas for the Gardener in your life, I've got a few of the obvious suggestions. I went to go see my friend George Pavelek of New Purpose Urban Farms in ...

Technically, we are in the middle of spring, but it seems as though summer has arrived as our daytime temperature is above 90℉ many days. Yet, according to the Farmer’s almanac, we have roughly six ...

Summer isn’t typically a Texas gardener’s season of choice, and this summer has been especially demoralizing. The heat, the sun, the drought, and the constancy of all three renders plants—and those ...

Texas gardeners need plants that tolerate extremes. Searing summer heat. Drought. And as we've recently been reminded, winters that can alter the landscape. Thanks to research led by Texas A&M ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Gabriel Vega joined us on 3 News First Edition with a look at what you can do to keep your plants green and happy during cold weather. Vega said it's important to pay attention ...

This photo shows a chlorotic pin oak, left, next to a healthy Shumard red oak. Whenever possible, opt away from plants that need strongly acidic soil and that tend to turn yellow in alkaline ...

While North Texas isn't necessarily known for snowy winters, frost frequently comes through and can damage plants. It's important to protect them so that they'll stay alive, and thrive, through the ...

Dear Neil: We have decided to simplify our garden maintenance. We've taken out our shrubs so my husband won't have to trim and shape them. We'd like to plant fragrant roses. Are they a good choice?