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Obtaining a list of Texas native plants
February 16, 2005
I'm a member of the Lindheimer Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (New Braunfels area) and wanted to get a list of Texas Native Plants for our Chapter to use as our guideline of what is nat...
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Pruning a Wafer Ash to make it upright
February 11, 2005
How do I trim a Wafer Ash? It lays on the ground. Is that normal? Does it need to be upright?
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Pruning time of non-native oleander
February 11, 2005
When and how should I trim oleanders that turned brown after our first freeze?
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Texas native plants for cemetery site
February 09, 2005
I am trying to landscape my mothers gravesite located in far East Texas (just outside of Nacogdoches) and I am looking for some evergreen bushes or any other decorative plants for that area. I am thi...
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Sunflower with large, thick, fuzzy leaves
February 03, 2005
Hello Smarty Plants: I live in Green Mt. NC and am a Master Gardener Volunteer in Buncombe County (Asheville). In summer several years ago we visited a garden which had a beautiful sunflower with lar...
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Smarty Plants on Virginia crownbeard
January 29, 2005
I recently moved to the Hill Country and notice some "weeds" that seemed to into explode into ice formations when the temperature first fell below freezing. Can you tell me the name of this plant an...
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Skin irritation caused by blanket flower (Gaillardia sp.)
January 29, 2005
Could you tell me whether it is the leaves or the spent flower heads, the seed heads, that cause irritation to bare legs after walking through a field of Indian Blankets? Gallardia I believe is the La...
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Smarty Plants on plant patents
January 28, 2005
How would I go about patenting a plant?
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Late winter pruning of native Texas Sage
January 27, 2005
I have several Texas Sage bushes that have started to get very woody and have growth only on the top. This seems to have led to a definite listing to one side. Should I trim these to the ground or...
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Locating wildflowers for school project in March
January 27, 2005
I have been assigned a school project to collect 10 wildflowers by March. I don't see any around to collect this time of year. Do you know where I could find some? I live in San Antonio.
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