MASTER GARDENERS: Replacing plants lost during the freeze
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
Most homeowners lost plants during our winter freeze. Master Gardeners are getting questions about what to plant to replace...
GARDENING: Neches white clover
By Jeanette Castanon
Neches white clover (Trifolium repens L.) is a synthetic variety of intermediate white clover with 147 parent plants selected for early and...
MASTER GARDENERS: Crossvine can climb almost anything
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
Next time you are looking for a plant to dress up a fence, building or just want to add...
MASTER GARDENERS: Butterfly magnet a staple on any Texas pollinator plant list
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
Called by many common names, Conclinium greggii is well known to anyone who gardens for pollinators. Most simply call...
GARDENING: Take a pro-active approach to conserve pollinators
By Jeanette Castanon
Pollinators include insects such as beetles, bees, ants, wasps, butterflies and moths; of these, bees pollinate the largest number of plant species....
MASTER GARDENERS: Tough Texas native adds color during hot summer months
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
Lantana! My favorite plant (Debbie, not Emmy). I’ve had these plants and kept them alive even before 2013. That...
GARDENING: Outstanding shade-bloomer
By Jeanette Castanon
The Texas Gold Columbine is one of the most spectacular shade-blooming plants. Before the introduction of any plant, years of testing and...
MASTER GARDENERS: Attractive, blue-green plant stands out
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
Gopher Plant (Euphorbia rigida) is an import from the Mediterranean and southwest Asia. Its Latin name tells us a...
GARDENING: Water well screening is Wednesday
By Jeanette Castanon
The Texas Well Owner Network is hosting a water well screening Wednesday in Odessa to give area residents the opportunity to have...
MASTER GARDENERS: Native mesquites are an excellent landscape tree
By Debbie Roland and
Emmy Ulmschneider
Master Gardeners
Mention the name mesquite and most Texans will roll their eyes! But under the right conditions mesquites are an...