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MAINTAINING TREE HEALTH DESPITE DROUGHT

MAINTAINING TREE HEALTH DESPITE DROUGHT

By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service / Owner, East Texas Gardening     A s we make our way through summertime, our landscape plants...

MAINTAINING TREE HEALTH DESPITE DROUGHT

By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service / Owner, East Texas Gardening     A s we make our way through summertime, our landscape plants...

Azalea Fall Color

Azalea Fall Color

By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Encore — “a demand by an audience for an additional performance.” When you think about azaleas, most likely...

Azalea Fall Color

By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Encore — “a demand by an audience for an additional performance.” When you think about azaleas, most likely...

CAREX - EDGY SEDGES FOR THE LANDSCAPE

CAREX - EDGY SEDGES FOR THE LANDSCAPE

By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service  Sometimes a landscaping solution for a troublesome area might be right underfoot. And sometimes, solutions require thinking outside...

CAREX - EDGY SEDGES FOR THE LANDSCAPE

By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service  Sometimes a landscaping solution for a troublesome area might be right underfoot. And sometimes, solutions require thinking outside...

SWEET SATISFYING SATSUMAS

SWEET SATISFYING SATSUMAS

  By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service   Don’t you just love biting into a fresh, sweet, juicy orange? Especially if it is easy...

SWEET SATISFYING SATSUMAS

  By Keith Hansen Smith County Horticulturist, Emeritus Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service   Don’t you just love biting into a fresh, sweet, juicy orange? Especially if it is easy...

Asian Persimmons Beautiful, Tasty Treats

Asian Persimmons Beautiful, Tasty Treats

By Keith HansenContributing Writer Looking for an attractive and easy fruit tree for your yard? Try the Asian, Oriental, Kaki or Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki). This handsome small tree with...

Asian Persimmons Beautiful, Tasty Treats

By Keith HansenContributing Writer Looking for an attractive and easy fruit tree for your yard? Try the Asian, Oriental, Kaki or Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki). This handsome small tree with...

Purple Coneflowers for Cheery Summer Color

Purple Coneflowers for Cheery Summer Color

By Keith HansenContributing Writer Summertime can be hard on many kinds of plants in our yards and gardens. We struggle to keep alive many types that are native to tamer...

Purple Coneflowers for Cheery Summer Color

By Keith HansenContributing Writer Summertime can be hard on many kinds of plants in our yards and gardens. We struggle to keep alive many types that are native to tamer...