Bunny Rabbits: Easter Guests or Garden Pests?

While the Easter Bunny hides eggs in your back yard, what havoc will his cousins wreak in your garden?

Coral Ardisia, A Beautiful but Invasive Plant

Anyone who views up close a mass of coral ardisia would naturally want it for their landscape, for it is very attractive. Sometimes called coral berry, spice

Running Out of Room for Houseplants? Try Miniature African Violets

So many African violets so little shelf space! Fortunately, theres a solution. Welcome to the charming world of MINIATURE African violets.

Holiday Decorative Plants and Pets: What You Need to Know

Not all holiday plants are created equal when it comes to having pets.

The best trees for a cactus and succulent garden

In a warm, arid climate, many succulents and cacti actually need canopy protection. The following article discusses some of the best tree/shrub canopy choices

The Incredible ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)

The ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) has only recently become a popular houseplant. It was not until 1999 the Florida growers started production of this unus

Northern Exposure

We do not need to have south facing, full sun windows to grow beautiful house plants. This article is for those among us who have bright light at best.

Daves Garden Sunday Funnies: Garden Jokes and Humor 12-20-15

You supply the caption for this weeks funny image.

A rosemary Christmas tree

A live rosemary plant would make a nice gift for a rosemary-loving cook. A decorated, miniature Christmas tree style rosemary would make a very nice gift.

Cheap and Easy Succulents: Personal Recommendations

Ever visit a nursery and be amazed and tempted by the cool and weird looking succulents being offered for sale, for just a few dollars... but didnt know which

Velox: A New Plant is Born

Thanks to world-renowned horticultural firm, GGG (Unternehmensgruppe Grünewald), based in Europe, an entirely new plant has made its gardening debut. An inter

Oh Nuts: Multi Resource Hickories

Do you have hickory trees on or near your property? Then you may have a great food source; a necessary component for grilling and smoking meat and fish; recyc

20 Ways to Soup Up Your Soup

Its finally gotten cold outside (winter seems to come to Texas later every year), so my thoughts have turned to soup. These warm, easy to eat concoctions are

Introduction to Tree Aloes, part 2: the branching tree aloes

Tree aloes are some of the most magnificent of all the succulents and can be awesome and imposing landscape statements. Most of the branching tree aloes are e

New World Peppers: the History of Genus Capsicum

The Americas were the original source for a number of familiar foods. Long pepper, or chili pepper is an international favorite that had its beginnings in the

Seed Starting 101: Setting up Light Shelves for Starting Plants from Seed Indoors, Without a Greenhouse

Why start from seed? You might be tempted by the photos in the seed catalogs that fill your mailbox in January. You may want to grow wonderful heirloom vegeta

Choosing Your Dwarf Citrus Tree

A freshly squeezed glass of citrus juice is closer than you think.

The Dog Rose: Rose Hips

I recently found myself entangled in an impenetrable thicket in my sons backyard. It was my own fault, I had walked backwards playing with the little grandpup

Horehound for coughs

Not so long ago one of my students offered me a new cough drop. She said it was the newest thing in Europe and that it really stopped coughs. It was a small b

Gardening in Winter: Deep South Region

November weather is usually pleasant in the Deep South. A cold snap sometimes makes an appearance, but most days are perfect for gardening activities. Gardene