November 02, 2018
Not feeling cross about crossvine in bloom, and more!
When ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine goes, it goes. Ka-boom! An explosion of orange trailing along the coyote fence …
Spring swinging into the Wildflower Center
Visiting the Wildflower Center to see what’s in bloom and support the launch of Andrea DeLong-Amaya’s book, The Texas Native Plant Primer …
Come hear a talk on making an urban wildlife oasis by Lisa Negri
Central Texas gardeners, join me on 4/10 at 7:30 pm for a Garden Spark talk by Lisa Negri, the visionary owner of SummerHome Garden …
Announcing…Gardens of Texas, my new book!
My new book, Gardens of Texas: Visions of Resilience from the Lone Star State, will be out in time for the fall gardening season and holiday shopping! …
Still blogging decades later: 9 longtime garden bloggers explain why
To mark the 19th anniversary of my blog Digging, I ask 9 longtime garden bloggers why they’re still blogging in a TikTok era …
Spring flowers and fab foliage a-popping
Last week, while I was under the weather, winter turned into spring. Now Mexican plum, spiderwort, and more are in full bloom …
Greensleeves Nursery featuring native plants opens in Pflugerville
Greensleeves Nursery wears its love of native Texas plants on its sleeve. The new Pflugerville nursery brings native plants to North Austin …
Danny Bravens on self-sustaining Texas gardens for Garden Spark
Designer Danny Bravens gave a fascinating Garden Spark presentation about creating self-sustaining gardens in Central Texas …
Look for my plant picks in Fine Gardening
Fine Gardening features “Plants with the Best Spring Color,” and I contributed four plant picks as their regional expert from the Southwest …
Spring is coming around
What a change from a week or two ago. It was a sunny 82 F today in Austin — fully spring-like and more like late March than late February …
Read This: Bedrock, plus BOOK GIVEAWAY
Late one summer’s day, I fell into a dreamworld known as Bedrock Gardens. And now owner Jill Nooney has written a book about its creation. Here’s my review plus a book giveaway! …
Exposed limestone and winter foliage in my garden
A squid agave in a fluted pot is the queen of the garden each sunny afternoon, when light outlines her tentacled arms …
Come hear a talk on lawn-free xeriscaping by Austin designer Danny Bravens
Join me on March 6th for a Garden Spark talk on xeriscaping by Danny Bravens, founder and lead landscape designer of Native Son Gardens …
Austin homes on 2025 Tribeza Interiors Tour, Part 3
Let’s explore more homes on the 10th annual Tribeza Interiors Tour, a tour of Austin homes that shows off the work of interior designers …
