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Gardening Essays

When I discover something, I want to share it. I hope this list of essays and articles about my gardening adventures helps others, whether in Texas, or beyond!

Vines and other Coverings
The Beauty of Vines (includes vines for Texas)

Sweet Peas
The Romance of Sweet Peas (and a bit of history)
How to Grow Sweet Peas (especially in Texas)
About Winter-flowering Sweet Peas

Garden Lingo and other How-To
The Texas Bluebell, the Eustoma, or a tale of Latin Names
Growing Bulbs in Texas

Plant Problems
Why rose blooms ball (scroll to the bottom)

(Published February 04, 2008)

 

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Recent Entries

  • Spring gloriousness
  • surprise vintage iris
  • Pink Sage conundrum
  • drip systems and absentee gardening
  • What lived, what died
  • Gen-X Gardening (a manifesto?)
  • Tale of Two Painted Ladies
  • Byzantine gladiolus, or Corn Flag
  • March (oops, April) blooms
  • Attack of the Chinaberries (and other tree-planting adventures)

Recent in Plantopia

  • Pink Sage conundrum
  • Byzantine gladiolus, or Corn Flag
  • Briar vine ("Saw greenbriar")
  • Drummond's Phlox
  • Souvenir de la Malmaison
  • White Aster
  • mysterious heirloom tazetta
  • Double Roman tazetta
  • Bluebonnet
  • Sweet Peas

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