Sago Palm--Cycas revoluta (sago cycad)
Cycas revoluta (sago cycad), is an attractive plant native to southern Japan. Though often known by the common name of king sago palm, or just sago palm.  
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Satsuma Tree
Texas plant lovers, even those living in apartments and condominiums, now can grow their own edible citrus. The trick is to select the right plant and use the right techniques.
The satsuma mandarin (Citrus reticulata) has shown the highest quality and most cold tolerance in field research by the Texas Cooperative ........
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Scorpions
Description: Scorpions are non-insect arthropods. Adults average about 2-3/8 inches (60 mm) in length, with the tail being longer in the males than in the females. Body color of adults varies from yellowish to tan, marked with two broad, blackish stripes on the upper surface .....
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Liquid Seaweed
Seaweed fertilizers are an especially useful product in organic gardening. They contain almost every micro-nutrient in a fully chelated (immediately available) form. They deliver a healthy dose of natural plant hormones. Seaweed is also loaded with .......
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Seed or Grow from plant
As tempting as growing a plant, fruit or Vegetable from seed is, there are a few things to consider when deciding on which way to go. When you grow a tree from seed keep in mind that....
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Shade Trees
Shade trees planted in strategic locations can provide protection for your home and lower your utility bills significantly. Planting tress through out your landscape can create areas which are cooler and ideal for a dining area, play area for children, hang a hammock, or just place a few chairs to relax after a long day. There are... |
Sky Flower (AKA Plumbago)
A tender perennial with profuse blue flowers which thrives in the hot Texas summer. Disease-, pest- and deer-resistant. Sometimes called "sky flower" because of the sky-blue color of its flowers. Native of South Africa......
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Snapdragons
Snapdragons are erect, slender annuals native to Morocco, which has naturalized throughout the United States. Tiny, delicate flowers with long spurs glisten from short spikes. Flowers come in a multitude of colors ranging from yellow, red and pink to white or purple. Prefers full sun or partial shade, in various soils. Sow in early spring, seedlings are not winter hardy. Truly spectacular when..
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Soft Caress plant
Few plants offer the texture that ‘Soft Caress’ provides the shade garden. Slender, bamboo-like foliage forms an evergreen, medium-sized shrub. In early winter racemes .......
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Solarization
Rid your soil completely of weeds, pests and diseases - without harmful chemicals. The process of solarizing uses the heat of the summer sun to raise the soil temperature high enough to kill the harmful organisms and seeds hiding in the soil.....
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Spanish Mulberry
Spanish Mulberry is also known as, American Beauty Berry, Bermuda Mulberry, American Mulberry, French Mulberry, Sour-Bush and Sow-Berry; it grows in rich woods and thickets in East Texas, especially in the coastal ....
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Spicy Globe Basil
Spicy globe basil is a cultivar of Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil). Unlike some better known basil, it grows in the form of a tidy, compact bush, more suitable for gardens and small pots than most varieties. Spicy globe basil grows between 8” to 12”......
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Spider Mites
Spider mites are barely visible with the naked eye, but their characteristic damage is easily recognized. Leaves subjected to mite feeding are described as "bronze" or "silver" because of the damage to the green tissue and a characteristic web is often present on leaves and young shoots. Populations of mites increase rapidly during hot weather....
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Spring time Colors
As spring arrives each year, the world burst into bloom. Color is everywhere. Bulbs pop out of the ground and announce the beginning of the spring season. Normally green shrubs are suddenly covered with flowers. Vines wind there way over arbors and along fence lines spreading their color as they go. Ornamental and fruiting trees provide airy color above while bedding plants carpet the ground with
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Squash
In North America, squash is loosely grouped into summer squash or winter squash, depending on whether they are harvested as immature fruit (summer squash) or mature fruit (autumn squash or winter squash). Winter squash is somewhat of a misnomer since....
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Fern (Staghorn)
Platycerium is a genus of about 18 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae. Ferns in this genus are widely known as staghorn or elkhorn ferns due to .....
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Strawberries
Today, the cultivated strawberry ranks high on the list of preferred foods of people around the world. Although the genus Fragaria is comprised of numerous species with origins as diverse as Alaska, Hawaii, Chile, central Europe and the Himalayas, the cultivated strawberry is largely the result of hybridization of two species native to....
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Succulents
Succulents are water retaining plants adapted to arid climates or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems and also in the roots. The water that is stored gives succulent plants a swollen or fleshy appearance. Vining sedums and senecios,
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Caddo maple (Sugar Maple)
Sugar Maples are excellent shade trees that produce spectacular fall color. However, they are sensitive to heat, drought, and pollution. These maples require rich, well drained soils, and respond poorly to soil compaction and salt. Fortunately for Oklahoma, .......
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Sumac -Flame leaf
Prairie Flame leaf Sumac is a small tree that grows to around 30 feet high, either as a single-trunked tree or suckering to form colonies. It is usually found on.......
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Summer bulbs
When bulbs are mentioned this time of year (March-April) most people think of spring flowers such as tulips, narcissus, hyacinths and ranunculus which actually has to be planted in the fall. There is however
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Summer Vines
There are a number of summer vines that will bloom from early summer until the first frost. Some are annuals, some are perennial, and others are tender tropicals. All do best if planted in areas that receive lots of sun. As always, plant new plants using generous amounts of compost and feed |
Sunburned Plants
If plants are grown indoors through the winter in a location with bright, but indirect light, they often form "shade leaves". Shade leaves develop under conditions of relatively low light. They efficiently produce food for the plants, but many loose the.......
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Sweet Almond Verbena
Other Common Names: Incense Bush, Sweet Almond Verbena, White Almond Bush.
Family: Verbenaceae.
Cold Hardiness: Almond Verbena is an herbaceous perennial or dieback shrub in USDA zone 8 grading
to a large woody shrub or ......
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Sweet Alyssum
This hardy annual is native to Southern Europe, but has naturalized throughout the United States. Dense clusters of tiny snow-white flowers bloom continuously throughout the growing season if the spent blossoms are trimmed back. A compact, rapid.....
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Sweet Potato Vine
Potato vines are not actually potato plants. This is a semi-evergreen or evergreen flowering vine that can climb up to 20 feet tall. They bloom during the warm months with white flowers and yellow anthers, which some say resemble a ........
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