What a great time of year this is in a Central Texas garden. The plants are racing with new growth and flowers! …

At Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg, the corn poppies were popping in the wildflower fields. Also, a tale of lightning at home! …

A Willow City Loop wildflower drive offers spectacular hilltop views, canyons, and wildflowers galore along roadsides and in pastures …

The wildflower-filled fields, farms, and ranches between Giddings and Independence make up some of the prettiest country in Texas …

I hit the back roads east of Austin, near Independence, Texas, and what a bonanza of bluebonnets and other wildflowers I saw. Plus donkeys! …

I visited the new garden of a new gardening friend a few days ago. Located in Austin’s Windsor Hills, it’s a new beginning for its owner …

A friendly troll has taken up residence in Pease Park, and Austin is going troll crazy. Meet Malin, the creation of artist Thomas Dambo …

Who can resist Lucinda Hutson’s purple casita and festive garden? Not me! When Lucinda invited me over this spring, I happily said yes …

My young ‘Fire Dragon’ Shantung maple has burst into bloom with starry, acid-yellow flowers. What a pretty surprise! …

Bluebonnets are coloring fields a month early, already at peak in certain areas. So I grabbed my camera and drove the back roads to see them …

Dry Climate Gardening is a great resource for desert gardeners, and it’s been named an American Horticultural Society Book Award winner …

Mercer Botanic Gardens north of Houston is still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, but the gardens are blooming and trails beckon …

The mangave Santa Claus came in March! I got two boxes of fleshy, speckled and striped mangave beauties from Hans Hansen at Walters Gardens …

What’s making me happiest in my garden right now? It starts with ‘Tangerine Beauty’ crossvine, plus spiderwort, Mexican plum, and more …