Herself’s Houston Garden

Gardening for fun and wildlife at the edge of Houston’s piney woods

Other Houston Garden Blogs

ljmacphee | March 22, 2007

Check here for a constantly updated list of Houston garden blogs. This post isn’t kept up to date.
There truly are very few gardener’s down here. I hunted far and wide and could only find 4 other Houston garden blogs, one of which may not still be active.
Black Gumbo ( new added: 7/13/07 )
Huntingwick [...]

Blooming pepper plants

ljmacphee | March 22, 2007

Far too busy the early part of this week to get into the garden I did sneak out there for a little while today. It was just long enough to replace a bird feeder and stick some new plants in the ground.
One of the pepper plants has a flower. That is unexpected this [...]

Wax Myrtle ( Myrica cerifera )

ljmacphee | March 20, 2007

This wax myrtle, like all my shrubs, had been pruned to a mushroom shape by the previous owners. I consider it the horticultural equivalent of a french poodle hair cut. It has been two years, and I have blooms for the first time this year. It will take another year or two before [...]