Enjoying fall color and a mellow garden
Fall comes late to Central Texas, but I’ll take it, even at Christmastime. Here are some autumn stand-outs and other garden scenes.… Read More
Autumn gardens and biking at Biltmore House
A day exploring the gardens and riding the bike trails at Biltmore House and enjoying the colors of late fall.… Read More
Day of the Dead in Lucinda’s colorful garden
Lucinda Hutson welcomed me into her garden last week to see it decorated for Day of the Dead. This is a treat I look forward to all year.… Read More
The yellow glow of late fall
Yellow is the color of fall in my garden, starting with the wonderful forsythia sage with tall wands of buttery yellow flowers.… Read More
Farewell, fall flowers; hello, first freeze
Our first hard freeze spells the end of fall flowers. Now is when evergreen plants and structural elements shine.… Read More
Fall flowers before an early freeze
November 20, 2018 Well, fall perennial color was pretty while it lasted. Austin’s first freeze arrived 3 weeks early last week and took out all my plants in full bloom, including forsythia sage (Salvia madrensis) and white mistflower (Ageratina havanensis). … Read More