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Get the Blues
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Did you know that less than 10% of flowers are blue? For the past few years,...
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- Sep 14
- 2 min
West Texas Wildflowers
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Texas is known for its iconic spring wildflowers. But to have wildflowers in...
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- Sep 4
- 2 min
Fall Flowers
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners I think we get so busy planting vegetables in the summer that sometimes we...
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- Aug 1
- 2 min
Curly Mesquite Grass
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Curly Mesquite (Hilaria Belanger) is a native, warm season grass that grows...
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- Jun 24
- 2 min
Creating a Rock Garden
By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners In West Texas we have access to rocks. Rock gardens can be made up of any size...
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- Jun 6
- 2 min
Flagstone and Rock Border Plants (Ideas)
By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners In our last article we described four native plants that make wonderful ground...
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- Jun 4
- 2 min
Native Groundcovers
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners After the rain some of us were blessed with, the weeds will start popping up. ...
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- May 10
- 3 min
Elements of the Attractive Yard
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Have you ever stood in your yard and thought “I need to do something in here.”...
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- Feb 6
- 2 min
Vitex and Butterfly Bush: Why or Why Not?
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners We first wrote about Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii), in August, 2021. It is a...
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- Jan 9
- 2 min
Plumbago
By Jessie Clark, Master Gardener While some plants may express their resentment of the desert heat in the summer, well-established...
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- Jan 4
- 2 min
Lemongrass
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) is a herb-like grass that is native to Malaysia and India. It is...
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- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min
Society Garlic
By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener Society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea) is a herbaceous perennial that produces long narrow leaves and...
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- Feb 20, 2021
- 2 min
Liriope
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners Liriope (Liriope spp.) is an evergreen, tough, grass-like perennial. Also called...
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
PASSIONFLOWER
By Debbie Roland and Emmy Ulmschneider, Master Gardeners When you see a passionflower (Passiflora spp.) it seems to be a very delicate...
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
A Case for Cosmos
By Jessie Clark, Master Gardener Do you enjoy fresh cut flowers from your garden? Give cosmos a try this year. Cosmos are prolific...
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- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Sideoats Grama
By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners Sideoats Grama Grass (Bouteloua curtipendula) is the state grass of Texas. A...
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- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Deer Grass
By Emmy Ulmschneider and Debbie Roland, Master Gardeners Deer Grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) is one of the grasses that is native to the...
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- Jan 10, 2021
- 2 min
Esperanza
By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener Esperanza (Tecoma stans) is another great plant from the Permian Basin Master Gardener’s recommended...
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- Jan 3, 2021
- 2 min
Pampas Grass
By Debbie Roland, Master Gardener It’s a new year! Every week during 2021 we are going to feature one (or two) of the plants on Permian...
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- Nov 8, 2020
- 2 min
Winter Flowers
Debbie Roland, Master Gardener The first freeze is behind us. Leaves are falling and plants are going to sleep for the winter. A big...
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