My trusty perennial team—through drought, freeze, snails, and drama queen temperature swings—carries on its May-as-usual. Out beyond the front window, yucca pallida’s puffy soft balloons greet us even from inside. No-name daylily trumpets golden-yellow blossoms front and back, this one against native zexmenia. Mostly evergreen, it’s been through hard freezes, drought, and floods, and still | read more →
Across our community, I’ve met more and more people stepping up as habitat disappears and invasive species swallow up native plants that support local wildlife. One passionate helping hand is Chuck Foster, landscaper/co-founder of Kelly’s Gardens, Lawns & Outdoors, and a former member of the Austin PBS Community Advisory Board. Since 2020, he’s been a | read more →
air date: May 17, 2025
Pop in lots of color, from groundcovers to shrubs, with Robin Norton-Carranco of Rainbow Gardens. She joins John Hart Asher to pick native and adapted plants for containers and beds in sun and shade. In Lisa and Shane Lamb’s backyard habitat, nature supplies their children’s creative playground. Make refreshing herb-fused honey and sun tea with Caroline Riley of Mutable Earth Botanicals, and Texas A&M AgriLife entomologist Wizzie Brown examines destructive pests, crape myrtle bark scale and cactus bugs.
This month's tips for how to care for your plants, pruning, fertilizing, lawn care, and preping for your garden. Read the entire to do list.
