The Garden Patch

For Father’s Day, provisions gathered from your very own “grilling garden” can be a meaningful gift, particularly if the man in your family enjoys cooking outdoors. This year, instead of the traditional tie, t-shirt or coffee mug, consider gifting the fixings for a...

It’s summer in your garden. Suddenly, the air shimmers with color. This luminous flash is accompanied by a distinctive fluttering sound as something darts about. Your senses are not tricking you; it’s a hummingbird with its iridescent feathers and energetic wingbeats....

Few plants provide as much dependable color at an affordable price as annual flowers grown from seed. Although gardeners may purchase warm-season transplants from area nurseries and retailers, many reliable annuals are easy to grow from seeds sown directly into garden...

Mother’s Day bouquets are often a mix of classic and fragrant flowers, with popular choices being hybrid roses, hydrangeas, carnations, orchids, peonies, tulips, daisies and lilies. Most of these exotic flowers come from as far away as Colombia, Ecuador and the...

In North Central Texas, the transition from spring to summer is tricky. Cool-season favorites fade as the heat builds, leaving gaps in the landscape. The solution lies in combining plants that overlap in performance. Early spring bloomers, such as pansies, may hang on...

Spring signals the return of one of the area’s favorite gardening events — the Lake Granbury Master Gardener (LGMG) Plant Sale, which will be held April 18. Each year the event draws gardeners from across the region who are eager to purchase plants that have a proven...