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How-ToSouthern Plains December Garden To-Do List
Plant cool-season herbs. You might not think of December as a good month to add new plantings to your vegetable garden, but cool-season herbs are perfectly happy to be planted…
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CollectionGreat Woody Plants for Your Region
Although trees and shrubs take up a larger footprint than your average perennials, if you use woodies with an array of different forms in a designated area, you’ll naturally get…
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DesignVan’s Garden
Today’s photos come from Linda Kennedy, who is taking us all on a visit to her talented gardening friend in Dallas. Van Johnson has become the gardening guru here in…
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DesignMeet Your Gardening Regional Reporters—Part 1
Our readers have been asking for more regionally focused gardening content for decades, but logistics and pressures of keeping our national magazine as applicable to all as possible have long…
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DesignExciting Evergreens for the Southern Plains
Evergreens are crucial to achieving varied texture and form, as well as the key to any successful four-season garden. Unfortunately, many gardeners would put a lot of evergreens in the…
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DesignBold and Beautiful Yuccas for the Southern Plains
We are fortunate here in the Southern Plains to have quite a few native yucca species (Yucca spp. and cvs., Zones 5–10) that thrive in our climate. Many of them…
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DesignBest Native Woodies for the Southern Plains
Gardeners love native plants, and for good reason. They are built to thrive in the conditions of a specific region, often without complaint, and are an essential component in the…
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How-ToSouthern Plains October Garden To-Do List
October is a great time to be gardening in our region. We are in the prime month of fall, with cooler temperatures (but likely no freezes yet) and increased rainfall.…
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DesignThorny Favorites for the Southern Plains
Some of my very favorite plants for our region are also the gnarliest, thorniest ones. While it might take a little extra planning when deciding where to plant them, they…
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DesignNative Understory Trees and Shrubs for the Southern Plains
It can be challenging choosing plants for shady areas, but we have a number of beautiful, hardy choices available to us in the Southern Plains. The following are a few…
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