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Making your home the envy of the neighborhood is easier than you think when you choose Texas native plants in your landscaping. Native plants mean low maintenance, less water, and higher chances of success. It just makes sense. Here's the Top 15 Texas Native Plants that Will Make Your Home Look Stunning. Want to grow your own garden? It's easy with these tips. With so many Texas native plants to choose from your home's landscaping can look great not only right now, but for years to come. A…

Sorry for not posting yesterday. It was a very very busy day for me. The past 48 hours saw first preview audiences for "Sense & Sensibility" and also "Into the Woods". Both went fairly well and now I'm back at home taking a morning off with my family. I also have the morning to journal and do some preliminary planning for my garden next year. As you may know, I'm planning on ripping out my front lawn and planting drought tolerant species that will require far less water and no mowing! Since…

Here is our list of 10 Texas drought-tolerant plants that any garden lover would be happy to have in their garden.

The types of plants found in Texas vary widely from one region to the next. This is due to the amount and frequency of rainfall, diversity of soils, and the number of frost-free days. From the forests of East Texas to the deserts of West Texas, from the grassy plains of North Texas to the semi-arid brushlands of South Texas, plant species change continuously.

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Top 7 Texas Evergreen Shrubs - Native Backyards

Enhance the beauty of your outdoor space with strategic landscaping choices tailored for hot, dry climates. Finding the perfect plants that thrive in such conditions can be a rewarding challenge. Discover how to create a stunning and sustainable environment through smart plant selection and design techniques. Upgrade your surroundings while embracing nature's resilience in arid weather conditions.

Now that the record-breaking summer of 2011 is safely behind us, I got to thinking....if gardening during a Texas summer were a TV reality show, could you bear to watch? Oh, there would be plenty of drama, that's for sure, with lots of whining and crying and pouting. Sadly, though, there wouldn't be much singing or dancing. In fact, most episodes would seem rather dry. Everything would be in need of an Extreme Makeover, and you'd end up feeling like the Biggest Loser. But one thing you could…

Create your own everlasting flowers by growing these annual and perennial plants. Their blooms are easy to dry and offer a range of colors, shapes, and sizes.