Texas Gardener magazine

About Texas Gardener magazine

For more than 40 years, the gardeners of Texas have relied on Texas Gardener magazine to provide them the most up to date, factual, research based horticultural information available. Texas Gardener’s writers are leaders in the Green Industry. They are the horticultural professionals that are developing the plants and processes that constantly improve the gardens and gardeners of Texas. As passionate gardeners, we truly believe that gardening matters.

Latest from Texas Gardener magazine

Crapemyrtles Rooted in Love | Vego Garden
In Greg's Garden: Crapemyrtles Rooted in Love
#trees and shrubs
I know some of you think crapemyrtles are "meh" but they have always been a part of my life, as well as many home landscapers in Texas.
4 min read
Put a Pep in that Step: Falling for Peppers
Put a Pep in that Step: Falling for Peppers
#gardening tips

Most gardeners plant peppers in the spring garden and carry them on into the summer season, but you don’t have to stop with summer. 

8 min read
Water-Wise Turf for Texas
Water-Wise Turf for Texas
#lawn care
A nice-looking lawn and good sustainable practices need not be mutually exclusive goals.
9 min read
Organic Gardening: Advice from an Expert
Organic Gardening: Advice from an Expert
#gardening tips#organic gardening
Well-adapted plants, planted in healthy soil, in the right place at the right time — those are the main components for a successful organic garden, no matter where you live.
6 min read
Investing in Your Garden: Why it's Worth it
Investing In Your Garden: Why It's Worth It
#garden oasis
A friend told me that she wanted to start growing her own vegetables as a way to cut down on her grocery bill. What happened next?
2 min read
Honeydew, But Not the Melons: When Aphids Attack
Honeydew, But Not the Melons: When Aphids Attack
#pest control
Honeydew is not just a melon - it's also a sticky, sugar-rich liquid that aphids secrete. 
3 min read
Gourds: King of the Cucurbits | Vego Garden
Gourds: The King of the Cucurbits
#squash#vegetables
I love gourds. I mean I really, really love gourds. I am not sure where my obsession comes from, but I do know that my earliest plant memories involve gourds.
2 min read
Tigers in the Garden | Vego Garden
Tigers on the Loose in the Garden
#pollinators
Swallowtail butterflies are the largest and showiest butterflies, and I’m guilty of admiring them over the smaller, less-flashy flappers.
4 min read
Your May Gardening Checklist | Vego Garden
Your May Gardening Checklist
#gardening tips
Vegetables, herbs, trees, flowers, shrubs, lawn and more. Here's your May gardening checklist.
9 min read
Late April in the Zone 9 Garden
Late April in the Zone 9 Garden
#Garden Beds#gardening tips#lawn care
By now most of our spring and summer veggies are in the ground. This makes the early part of May a time of fertilizing and weeding. 
3 min read
Texas Gardener magazine

About Texas Gardener magazine

For more than 40 years, the gardeners of Texas have relied on Texas Gardener magazine to provide them the most up to date, factual, research based horticultural information available. Texas Gardener’s writers are leaders in the Green Industry. They are the horticultural professionals that are developing the plants and processes that constantly improve the gardens and gardeners of Texas. As passionate gardeners, we truly believe that gardening matters.
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