Tangerine beauty
The best cross vine is the Tangerine beauty. It produces lovely trumpet shaped orange flowers most heavily in late spring, but continues through the warm months. This climbing vine attaches itself to most surfaces by twisting tendrils and grows in....
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Thunbergia
Thunbergia, also known as black-eyed Susan vine or clock vine, is a quick-growing vine boasting many open-faced flowers, usually with dark centers (hence the name "black-eyed Susan"). Thunbergias are vigorous annual or perennial vines and .. |
Tomatoes
The tomato, also called the love apple, is a herbaceous, usually sprawling plant in the nightshade family (like potatoes and eggplants), widely cultivated for its edible fruit. They are served and prepared as a vegetable, which is why most people consider them a vegetable and not a fruit. Tomato plants typically reach  |
Tomato worm
Tomato Hornworms feed on leaves and stems of tomato plants. Occasionally they will also eat the fruits later in the summer months. They also feed on...
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Tree Planting
Select a site that is in full sun. Dig the hole twice as wide as the root ball (container), and no deeper than the height of the root ball. The soil that you dig out of .....
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Trichogramma wasps
If you have not used trichogramma wasps this is a good time to start. Trichogramma wasps are tiny parasites that attack the eggs of over 200 species of moths and caterpillars. They are..... |
Tropical Plants
Tropicals are not only colorful, they are also heat resistant and perfect for our Texas climate. Once established most tropical plants are drought tolerant. Tropicals as groups are very insect and disease resistant. Here are some examples:
Bougainvillea’s- are showy accents.....
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Turk`s cap
One of Texas' best loved and most used flowering ornamentals hails from a variety of habitats: sandy low grounds near streams, limestone slopes around wooded creeks and even palm groves provide fertile ground for Turk’s cap. .......
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