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| Wildlife management programs for tax exemptions March 17, 2006 I own a property in La Grange, Texas on which we're considering a wildlife management exemption. Would there be a program that also provides tax advantages for growing wildflowers? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| List of native perennial Texas flowers March 13, 2006 Good day, I am searching for a list of native Texas flowers (preferably perennials) for a flower garden. Thank you. View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Possible locations of fields of Forget-Me-Nots, Myosotis March 04, 2006 This might be kind of a weird question but me and my girlfriend have a really special thing with the forget me not wild flowers, and I will be asking her to marry me soon and would love to do it in a... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Plants for winter color in native wildflower meadow backyard February 28, 2006 I am establishing a wildflower meadow in my backyard (150'x50'). it will have native Texas wildflowers, Buffalo Grass and Blue Gramma grass. Is there any plant that you can recommend for winter inte... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Problems with propagation of Indian Paintbrush (Castileja indivisa) February 07, 2006 We are growing Indian Paintbrush. I have 2-300 seedlings. They were sown with fescue and have grown beautifully. Now they are approximately 4-6 inches high, a few have bloomed and many seem to be dy... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Boom time for Texas wildflowers and best sites for viewing February 01, 2006 I live in NJ and would like to visit Texas and see the bluebonnets and other wildflowers in bloom this spring. When do you expect the best display of flowers this year? Also, can you tell me where th... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Sowing additional wildflower and grass seeds on steep hillside January 30, 2006 Mr. Smarty, we recently moved to Hot Springs, AR. We have about a 1000 sf hillside area too steep to plant with shrubs etc. We had wildflower seeds scattered last May in this area and the flowers we... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Information on Mrs. Johnsons efforts in highway beautification January 11, 2006 Perhaps you can help. I am trying to unearth a little history of Lady Bird and her involvement in the beautification of our highways, especially as it relates to using native plants. This is for a p... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Advisability of sowing wildflower seeds in mid-January in Lousiana January 07, 2006 Newton County borders Louisiana in SE Texas. Can we plant wildflowers now-mid January? The park has recently been graded and many trees blown down by Rita which will make it more sunny. The Garden ... View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
| Viability of seeds that have not come up December 06, 2005 I planted some wildflower seeds per instructions and they are not coming up. Should they? or will they come up in spring? View Mr. Smarty Plants' Answer | ||
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