If the summer of 2011 has not convinced you to plant Texas-tough natives in your garden, you are beyond help. One of the toughest of the tough shines like a silver ring set with amethyst stones, the ...

Q: We need to replace our six 25-year-old ligustrum bushes in full sun. I would like something 4 feet to 5 feet tall and prefer no staining berries. R.D., Kingwood A: You might consider Texas sage ...

At first blush, the hot, dry, sunny weather in Texas can make it sound nigh impossible to cultivate a flourishing garden. Fortunately, that's far from the case, as there are hundreds of plants that ...

With more than 6,000 species of California native plants, you would think that would be enough for a garden devoted exclusively to them. Yet occasionally you come across a plant with a pedigree that ...

Texas sage shrubs, also called Texas rangers (Leucophyllum frutescens), are a familiar sight in Tucson. Older houses in particular may have large specimens of this plant. The Texas sage is native to ...

AUSTIN, Texas— In response to litigation from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the big red sage flower of central Texas as an ...

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