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CRAPE MYRTLES IN YOUR LANDSCAPE
Crape Myrtles and Bradford Pear trees have been overworked in the landscape, but they are so reliable you just cannot go wrong with these trees. Need to know more about these wonderful plants?
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FALL COLOR IN YOUR LANDSCAPE
What can you do during the late fall and winter about your mundane, dull, leafless shrubs, plants and trees? You can plant to keep color in your landscape. How?
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FIRE ANTS - EAT BAIT!
What is the worst thing that you could encounter, the most dreaded event you can imagine? Possibly losing your balance and staggering down the steps at a ball stadium with a hotdog in one hand, a cold drink in the other and eventually going "splat" on the steps while the entire event is shown on the big screen. Oh, how about the big door closing on your finger at the supermarket. I think I could survive these happenings. The one I dread the most is walking accidentally into a fire ant mound. Ah yes, don't you know that hurts. Fire ants are nearly year round problem, from March through October. If the soil surface temperature is at least 70 degrees they will be foraging and on the surface.
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HOLIDAY COLOR - POINSETTIAS
Winter is a time for festivities. The colors that are most closely associated with the Christmas holiday season are red, white and green. Some say that this is because of the red and green plants of wintertime contrasting with white snow. What about Poinsettias in and around your house?
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HOLLY SPECIMIN TREES AND SHRUBS
Why not consider the Holly. I have often wondered why we do not see more of these in landscapes. The Holly, Ilex sp. is from the Aquifoliacea family. The genus has over 400 species of evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers. There are about a dozen that are popular in Texas and all are evergreen with one exception, the Possumhaw Holly, which drops its leaves in the winter but puts on a dazzling show of red berries that look like a Christmas tree.
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HUMMINGBIRDS - HOW TO ATTRACT THEM
A good way to attract hummers is to plant a hummingbird garden. In addition to providing them a natural diet, it will attract them to your nearby feeders. The hummingbirds feed by sight on regularly traveled routes called traplines.
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND IDEAS
The time for straight rows and lines are gone in favor of a more flowing natural design. Our landscaping concepts have evolved and I say much for the better. Now soft curves replace the hard cold designs of decades ago. If you want to enjoy the area all year, plant lots of evergreen shrubs and evergreen flowering plants. Some good choices are listed below. Anxious to find out more?
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LANDSCAPE DIAGNOSTIC CLUES
Your landscape can have several types of problems with plants that appear as leaf and twig damage. Disease problems that is fungal, bacterial, and viral. Insect damage caused by sucking and chewing insects. Nutritional problems caused by too much or lack of nutrients like nitrogen, calcium, etc. Abiotic problems that are man-made damages like herbicides and chemicals. Remember to look, collect data, evaluate and diagnose deductively. Want to know more?
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MASTER GARDENERS - WANT TO BE ONE?
Master Gardeners are members of the local community who take an active interest in their lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers and gardens. They are enthusiastic people, willing to learn and to help others. They are able to communicate with diverse groups of people about their gardening needs.
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MILDEW - POWDERY OR DOWNY?
Confused about Powdery and Downy Mildew? Who wouldn't be. Find out how to recognize the two.
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MOLES IN YOUR YARD
Home remedies have little if any value in controlling moles such as lye, Drano, pickle juice, broken glass, red pepper, razor blades, bleach, moth balls.
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OAK TREE DECLINE
Your oak tree is declining, leaves turning yellow, wilting, dropping leaves, or branches are dieing. What is the problem? Can it be saved?
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SHADE GARDENING
As much as people enjoy being in the sunny areas of a colorful garden, they also like to spend time in a shade garden. Shade should not be a disadvantage to the gardener. It should be an inspiration for creation. This is the place where people enjoy the gifts of nature. There should be a transition from the sunny spot to the shady spot. Having an arbor to define the space of a shade corner might enhance the effect of the special place that you enter to relax. A shade garden can be serene and beautiful. Want to find out how each it is?
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VINES - PLANTING AND ENJOYING THEM
Plants that are recommended for sun and part shade are Asiatic jasmine, Boston ivy, Carolina Jessamine, Cross vine, Coral vine, Coral honeysuckle, Mexican flame, Passion vine, Star Jasmine, Trumpet Creeper, and Wisteria. Want to find out how which ones are for you?
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