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 ...

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 ...

You wake up and turn on the radio. You hear that the overnight low was 82 degrees. Yeah. It's almost enough to make you hate Texas. But not quite. I grew up in this state, and I learned a long time ...

Warm weather has us Texans flocking to our favorite plant nurseries in a humble attempt to figure out how to create landscapes that will not only survive, but also thrive for years to come. The Texas ...

In Central Texas, learning to grow where you’re planted is more than a saying. It is a way of living in rhythm with the ...

When we think of agaves, we commonly think of the large perennial succulents, that we call century plants. But those agaves are only one part of a very diverse family, Agavaceae. This family has about ...

It was back around 1980. I, the Native Texan, found myself in the Chadwick Arboretum at my old school, Ohio State. One section featured some lovely ornamental grasses. They really hadn’t caught on ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Landscape design is a college degree. It can't be reduced down to a two-minute story on TV. But some fundamental concepts can go a long way in helping you lay out your ...