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For more than 40 years, the gardeners of Texas have relied on Texas Gardener magazine to provide them the most up to date, factual, research based horticultural information available. Texas Gardener’s writers are leaders in the Green Industry. They are the horticultural professionals that are developing the plants and processes that constantly improve the gardens and gardeners of Texas. As passionate gardeners, we truly believe that gardening matters.

Latest from Texas Gardener magazine

Gardens of Tusla, Oklahoma

#gardens #travel

This past weekend, the yupneck and his lovely wife took a much-needed break. We headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a little R&R. If you have never been to Tulsa, you should make a goal to go. I have been...

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Delicious Daikon

#garden to table #raised garden bed #receipe #vegetable gardening #vegetables

The other day I was at lunch in BCS (that is Bryan-College Station for all you non-Aggies out there) with several Masters of Horticulture. We were talking about our gardens and I mentioned that my daikon were doing really well. ...

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Texas Tech Tulips: Tradition Lives On

#flowers

Beginning in 1975, a new floral tradition began to take root on campus and by the mid-1980s was firmly entrenched.

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In Greg's Garden: Gardening is for the Birds

#wildlife garden

I’ve been in love with birds for as long as I’ve been in love with plants. It’s pretty clear that I was born in love with the natural world. Like all beginners, I knew very little about birds when I got started.

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Rugged Yuccas: Bear Grass on the Grow

#perennials

Referred to as xerophytes because they have adapted to dry landscapes, yuccas are no-nonsense, low-care perennials in granular soils with good drainage.

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Tatume: The Wonder Squash with Many Names

#vegetable gardening

Tatume is no normal squash. In a little over a week it sent out vines that were over 6-feet long! Everywhere a node lay against the ground, it rooted and sent out more shoots.

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What the Fork? Wild Onions

#gardening tips

gargatOf all the possible edible “weeds,” wild onions (Allium spp.) are by far the best choice for a Texan’s first foraged food.

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Zinnias: A Family Favorite in the Garden and Home

#flowers

Zinnias are (almost) fail-proof flowers that come in about a million different sizes and colors. Their upright stalks, with alternating leaves, make them so easy to cut and strip for the homemade arrangements my wife and I love to make.

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Texas Gardener Magazine: Garden Troubleshooting

#gardening tips #pest control

Gardening is a wonderful challenge and it seems that every year is different as we are forever facing new pests, diseases and challenges with the weather.

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