This story was first published during last February's deep freeze in Texas. We have updated it and are bringing it back for you for this month's freeze, one year later. After record freezing ...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Pampas grass and its many cousins are such a mainstay in the north Texas landscape it is difficult to drive anywhere in the Metroplex and not see them on a regular basis.
One of the more significant landscaping developments these days is the trend toward designing with native plants. But, what are native plants? Non-natives? Invasives? How do these differ? What are the ...
A rock pathway directs water from the gutter on this home to the native plants in a garden designed by landscaper Carrie Dubberley. Carrie Dubberley Taylor Kirkland loves his creek-side property in ...
In past articles, I have discussed selecting plants based upon the characteristics of your landscape, garden and flower bed. Today we’re going to discuss native and perennial plants. People often ...
West Texas is a challenging environment to grow vegetables and landscape plants in. Plants must be able to handle a lot of heat but also cold spells, as well as drought, alkaline clay soil, etc. To be ...
If you’ve ever admired someone’s perennial garden and wished for one in your own landscape, it really could happen. All it ...
The summer heat is scorching, and those with large shade trees in the landscape are surely enjoying the cover that the canopies provide, reducing electricity bills and helping to keep the home and ...
As I walked into a doctor’s appointment the other day I made mental note of the plants in their landscape. It was a commercial landscape that you might otherwise have thought was reasonably attractive ...