Texas Gardener magazine

About Texas Gardener magazine

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

Grow Better Garden Caladiums: Tropical Perennial Heart Leaves
Grow Better Garden Caladiums: Tropical Perennial Known for Heart-Shaped Leaves
Few plants are as beautiful and carefree as caladiums. The heart-shaped foliage is a stunner on its own, or planted with annuals.
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In Your Garden: Grow Better Bell Peppers
In Your Garden: Grow Better Bell Peppers
All peppers come from plants that produce flowers that have both male and female parts. 
4 min read
In Greg's Garden: Friends that Keep Growing
In Greg's Garden: Friends that Keep Growing
As a lifelong horticulturist, naturally most of my friends have been gardeners. And what genuine gardening friends don’t share their plants?
4 min read
Ask Chris: Low Branches, Sick Oleanders and Colorful Squash | Vego Garden
Ask Chris: Low Branches, Sick Oleanders and Colorful Squash
Do you have a gardening question? Texas Gardener magazine has the answer.
2 min read
All-Season Aloes, Manfredas and Mangaves | Vego Garden
All-Season Aloes, Manfredas and Mangaves
Medicinal aloe (Aloe vera), the source of a large number of health remedies, is one of the best-known plants in the world.
5 min read
8 Tips for Great Tomatoes
8 Tips for Great Tomatoes

Gardeners are once again beginning the annual pursuit of the perfect tomato and a bountiful harvest of the most popular crop in the garden.

7 min read
Cemetery Plants Enliven Landscapes
Cemetery Plants Enliven Landscapes

The term “cemetery plant” refers to any type of plant that has been used to beautify a cemetery or graveyard and survived.

 

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Plight of the Monarchs | Vego Garden
Plight of the Monarchs
While many of us have simply been enjoying the beauty and value of milkweed in our gardens, there has been a debate going on behind our backs about whether we are helping or hurting monarch butterflies.
9 min read
Your April Texas Gardening Checklist
Your April Texas Gardening Checklist
This is the prime month for spring gardening and the weather is mild, making it great to be outdoors.
7 min read
Crape Myrtle: Queen of the South
Crape Myrtle: Queen of the South
When the calendar indicates the end of spring, our outdoor thermometers indicate that it is actually summer across the South. That is when the crape myrtles take center stage.
10 min read
Texas Gardener magazine

About Texas Gardener magazine

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.