For the Love of Sunflowers

Mar 1, 2021

The many reasons sunflowers are a native garden must-have

Reading the Rings

Mar 1, 2021

What dendrochronology can tell us about sunspots, jet streams, pirates and gardening

The Influencers

Feb 28, 2021

Acknowledging the impact of Black women on American horticulture

To Witness Water

Feb 27, 2021

How self-care could impact urban design and water conservation

Owls About Texas

Feb 26, 2021

A quick guide to some common Texas owls

An Urban Getaway

Feb 24, 2021

Discovering the unexpected joy of wandering in lockdown

Old Brides’ Tales

Feb 23, 2021

Debunking a popular myth about our state flower

Pull It or Plant It: Passionflower

Feb 15, 2021

A spirited (internal) debate about passionflowers

Tanks-giving

Feb 14, 2021

Stock tank water gardens are oases for wildlife — and you!

Alpine Inspiration

Feb 11, 2021

A love letter to a small native plant that thrives in high, icy places

Centered: Spring/Summer 2021

Feb 1, 2021

The latest on our gardens and our work

A Natural Calling

Oct 4, 2020

Native plants in mosaic habitats bring birds to the Mission Reach

Plant Some Rubber

Oct 3, 2020

An unassuming native shrub could change the future

Born to Rock

Oct 2, 2020

Lithophilic plants don’t need no stinking soil, and don’t call them cute either

Falling Water, Thriving Plants

Oct 1, 2020

A famous Frank Lloyd Wright site embraces native landscapes

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2021 | Volume 38, No. 2

A Different Light
Creative photography helps us see flowers with new eyes

The Life Below
The unseen and very important work of plant roots

Pull It or Plant It
A lively debate about our state plant, the prickly pear

Legume Room
Tips for discerning between yellow-blooming Fabaceae trees

Travel Agents
The multifarious ways plants get their seeds into soil

Wildflower Center News
The latest on our gardens and our work

In the Canopies
Treehouses bring adventure and serenity home

Grounded
Time travel via tallgrass prairie

Reflections and Reclamation
On Black Botanists Week and the power of representation

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