Issue 2– February 2016
LEADERSHIP
It was a great show and there was absolutely GREAT participation, wonderful turn out
and contributions made by all of the Nueces Master Gardeners. A huge THANK YOU to
everyone that helped with and volunteered their time for the Home and Garden Show!
CLICK THIS TO SEE ALL OF THE 109 PICTURES
Looking for Nominees for Special Awards
From Thorunn Kelley
The Master Gardener Awards and re-certification luncheon is coming up on March 15,
2016. Besides recognizing our newly certified members, re-certified members, those
who have accumulated, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, and 2,000 hours as well as those who have
5, 10, 15 and more years of volunteer service. The celebration also includes recognition
of members who qualify for the following three awards:
GEM Award - The GEM Award is awarded to a member(s) whose work is deemed as
“Going the Extra Mile”. Notable contributions towards project(s) or program(s) benefitting the Master Gardener mission will be considered.
Rookie of the Year - The Rookie of the Year is awarded to a member or members of the
previous Intern class whose passion and drive take them to the head of the class
Lifetime Achievement Award - The Nueces Master Gardener Lifetime Achievement
Award was established and first given in 2008 to honor an individual who has made significant fundamental contributions to horticultural education in Nueces County through
the Master Gardener Association. These contributions, whether they have been in education, leadership or mentorship must have had a lasting impact with gardening in
Nueces County. This award may or may not be given each year.
Please put on your thinking caps and let the names of those you think may qualify for
any of the three above awards come to mind, then forward those names to Thorunn
Kelley, [email protected]. With your help more of our members will get the
recognition they deserve.
President
Debra Martin
Vice President
Thorunn Kelley
Secretary
Beth Spirko
Treasurer
Theresa Stelzig
Parlmentarian/Publicity
Carlos Valdez
Ex-officio
Deborah Holliday
Members at Large
Linda Lamprect
Carlos Valdez
Sandra Williams
State Directors
Betty Rogers
Huxley Smith
Alt-Karen Easton
Alt-Mary Lambert
Gazette Editor
John Slusarz
Hours Coordinator
Betty Rogers
Extension Office
Lisa Martinez
IN THIS ISSUE
P1
MG Officers 2016
P1
Home and Garden
Show
P1
Special Awards
P2
President’s Corner
P2
Agent’s Notes
P3
Botanical Garden
Events
P3
Volunteer Opportunities
P3
Other Happenings
P4
BG Recognition
P4
Landscape Conference
P4
Garden Conservancy
P4
From Betty Rogers
P4
Beautiful Trees
P5
Gomphrena
P5
Meeting
P5
Like That Garden
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Seems that things are on the move again in Nueces
County. January ushered out the old year and brought in
change. My name is Kevin Gibbs and I’m excited to be
the new horticulture agent for Nueces County. Only here
a few days, and already, I’ve been to numerous events
and meeting including the Corpus Christi Home and Garden show where it was my pleasure to meet many of the
terrific Master Gardeners that I can see we have here; all
seemed full of talent and excited to help the citizens of
Nueces County.
A little about myself and my background, I was born in
Slaton, Texas, that’s on the south plains near Lubbock.
We lived in Arkansas for a short stint until I was around 4
years old and then we moved to Tyler, Texas until I was
in the 3rd grade; at which point we moved back to the
Lubbock area to help my ailing grandmother. I graduated from Lorenzo high school in 1986 and attended Texas
Tech, earning a BS in Ornamental horticulture in 1992.
My grandmother loved plants and had a flower shop; I
think she is the one that got me interested in gardening
as a child.
My parents ran a small-town newspaper and I remember
helping many hours getting the paper ready for press. It
was different in those days, you actually had a full size
page with all of the information on it, and not a computerized version like it is today. My mother was the driving
force for the paper and infused it weekly with humor
and wit. I worked in a local nursery all four years of college. I wanted to stay there because I loved being in the
greenhouse and working with all of the different species
of plants; but unfortunately, they couldn’t pay me very
much.
After graduating from Texas Tech, my first job was teaching horticulture for Howard College in Big Spring, Texas.
We stayed in Big Spring until 1999, at which point we
moved to Corpus Christi. Finding a job in Corpus wasn’t
that easy, so I decided to go back to school and work on
a Master’s degree in education, which I completed in
2003.
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Howdy Master Gardeners
A special thank you to all who helped with the
Home and Garden Show. Our booth was outstanding
and our seminars attendance was great. We had a
great turn out of volunteers from the beginning of
set up to the take down on Sunday.
Our Speakers Bureau came through with flying colors. Y-all have set the bar high for our Fall 2016
show. Also thank you for all who attended our January meeting.
What a great way to start our year with great guest
speaker Justin Butts from Four String Farm. Jutsin
and his wife Kayla have a heritage farm in Rockport
TX. He spoke on companion planting and back to
basic farming. He was a real treat and if you missed
his presentation, he offered CDs for $10. You can
also catch him on the radio on Tuesday morning
7:30 and 5:00pm on NPR 90.3 Corpus Christi. They
also offer tours and classes at their Farm. Website
fourstringsfarm.com. Here we are in February and
the fields around me are being plowed.
This makes me want to start planting. Soon it will be
time for our spring vegetable gardens to go in the
ground. All the local nursery's shelves are filling up
with herbs, tomatoes, springs flowers and seeds.
This is my time of the year. Fresh start in the garden. Out with the weeds in with the new.
Because of Justin’s presentation, the thought of
fresh vegetables overflowing on the counter makes
me giddy. I know that because of Justin’s presentation I will be trying a few new tips. I live in the city
limits so I will not be burning on my “fields”, but my
little Lucy already chased a javelina out of our yard.
I wish us all good planting this month whether it be
veggies or beautiful spring flowers.
Remember a good day is a day with hands in the
dirt.
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Agent Notes - continued from previous page
I have been a JH science teacher for the past 13 years
and have enjoyed it greatly. This past fall, I decided to
see if there were any teaching jobs in horticulture and I
stumbled upon the open agent’s position for Nueces
County; it’s great, it allows me to use two skill sets together, horticulture and teaching to pursue my love of
education.
My wife Deborah and I are thrilled to be here, with our
two dogs, Reba and Woody. We have two daughters,
Amee and Kellie, both of whom are military families,
and five grandchildren, Molly, Wesley, Mason, Lane and
Madeline. I can’t wait to see what opportunities await
as I begin my new career here in Nueces County and I
look forward to leading the Master Gardeners and
working with each and every one of you.
Check out the VMS Event Calendar for full details and
a complete listing of all available volunteer events
ONG OING
PROJ EC TS
RAY HIGH SCHOOL GREENHOUSE Tuesday MG Workday 9:00-11:00
FOOD BANK PROJECT “Outgrow Hunger” Tuesdays
7:30a.m. (Except MG meeting day then Wednesday)
Contact: Mary Lambert 813-7596 or e-mail her at
[email protected]
NATURE CONSERVANCY Mondays, 4:00pm & Blucher
Park 5:00 pm until sundown (Behind the Main Library).
Contact: Karen Smith 877-9723
COURTYARD AT THE SENIOR GARDEN CENTER, 1st
Monday, 9:15 a.m. Contact: Betty Whitt 991-5375
BOTANICAL GARDENS, Wednesdays, 7:30 a.m.
OTHER HAPPENINGS
(GC = Greely Garden Center)
For the Botanical Gardens 2016 Full
Calendar of Events - CLICK THIS
UPCOMING EVENTS
 Thur. Feb. 4 - Orchidology Class, 7pm
 Sat. Feb. 6 - Citrus Canker & Citrus Greening-New Dis-
ease Threats in Texas seminar, 10am
 Mondays Feb. 8, 22, 29 (field trips in Mar, April & May)
Blacklock’s Advanced Bird ID & Natural History Series
6:15-9:15pm (See BG Full Calendar for all details)
 Sat. Feb. 13 - More Vegetable Garden Bounty 10am
 Sat. Feb. 20 - Mediterranean-Style Gardens for South
Texas” 10am and ”Grow Your Own Salad in a Pot” 2pm
2016 Winter Lecture Series
 Feb 3—Fascinating Fireflies – Don Salvatore, Boston
Museum of Science, national Firefly Watch Coordinator
 Feb 10—Plants That Grow Amuck! Invasive & Alternatives – Kris Kirkwood, Texas Master Naturalist, MidCoast Chapter
 Feb 17- Tomatoes 101 – Carol Krank, staff Horticulturist
 Feb 24 - Saving the Monarch – Dr. Michael Womack,
Executive Director & Horticulturist
Members FREE! Non-members free with general admission
 Wed. Feb. 3 - Coastal Bend Cacti & Succulent Society,
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7pm, GC, 687-6474
Thur. Feb. 4 - Rose Society, 7pm, GC, 853-7554
Sat. Feb. 6 - ”Get Ready for Spring”, 10am, Gills on
Airline, 992-9674
Tue. Feb. 9 - Garden Council, 10am, GC, 537-8231
Wed.Feb, 10 - Rain Barrel Workshop, 8:30 Rockport
Thu. Feb. 11 - Landscape Conference, 8am, Del Mar
Economic Development Center, 767-5217
Sat. Feb. 13 - ”Be A Sweetheart-Valentine Workshop”, 10am-2pm, Gills on Airline, 992-9674
Tue. Feb. 16— MG Executive and General Meetings,
10am and 12Noon, GC, 815-1867
Aransas/San Patricio Master Gardener Association,
10am, 892 Airport Rd., Rockport, 361-790-0103
Sat. Feb. 20 - ”South Texas Gardening 101”, 10am,
Gills on Airline, 992-9674
Wed. Feb. 24-Plumeria Society, 6:30pm, GC, 8139616
Thur. Feb. 25 - Bromeliad Society, 7pm, GC, 658-8650
Bonsai Society, 7pm, GC, 992-0009
Sat. Feb. 27 - ”Emily’s All About Orchids”, 10am, Gills
on Airline, 992-9674
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The South Texas Botanical Gardens held a holiday appreciation luncheon honoring all volunteers way back on
December 9th. Needless to say the Nueces Master Gardeners that contributed large amounts of their time
and efforts were there in full force (pictures are from the BG Newsletter).
CLICK ANY PICTURE TO SEE IT LARGER
From Better Home & Gardens
Referred by Nueces Master Gardener Suzy Murray
Del Mar Economic Development
Center, Corpus Christi, TX
TOPICS
- Common Home Landscape Insects
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Environmental Stewardship
- Native Landscape Plant Selection
- Pruning and Caring for Trees
- Pesticide Laws & Regulations
Pre-registration required by February 4th by calling
(361) 767-5217 Fee: $35 (includes Light Breakfast &
Lunch) Make checks payable to NCEPC (Nueces County
Extension Program Council)
If you are interested and would like to review
the results of the January 2016 Gazette Survey
CLICK THIS
The Garden Conservancy saves and shares outstanding
American gardens for the education and inspiration of
the public. Preservation is at the vital core of our mission
and our programs.
S H A R I N G - The best way to learn about gardening, garden design, and the transformative power of gardens is to
experience gardens in person. Since 1995, some 3,000 private gardens have participated in our signature Open Days
program, welcoming more than 1 million visitors in states
across the country. In 2015, we opened the gates to more
than 330 private gardens in 22 states, allowing thousands
of visitors to explore beautiful spaces not normally open to
the public.
Our garden-study tours and wide-ranging public education
programs further the sharing of ideas as well as distinctive
gardens. Through all of our programs and outreach, we
champion the vital role that gardens play in our history,
our culture, and our quality of life.
Garden Conservancy website - CLICK THIS
Chicago Tribune Article—CLICK THIS
F R O M B E T T Y R O G E RS
We do not deal with “Miles Driven”; that is for income tax
purposes only. You may include your miles if you wish,
but I will not use them. As Timekeeper, I deal only in
hours. To receive credit for the time you spend driving to
and from volunteer work (not CE credit), you must make a
separate entry and count the time as volunteer hours.
The category to put it under is “Travel Time”. Call or
email me if you have any questions.
Time Driven=MG Volunteer Hours
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Gomphrena or Globe Amaranth or
Bachelor's Buttons (Gomphrena globose)
By Dr. William C. Welch, Landscape Horticulturist
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
As we approach the most stressful period of the year for
most garden plants, the few species that really thrive in
hot, dry conditions deserve special
recognition. Bachelor Buttons are
readily available and easily grown
from seed. According to Hortus
Third, Bachelor Buttons came to us
from tropical areas of the Old World.
They are documented as having been a part of early
American gardens. Colors range from purple, rose, orange
and white, and flowers are about l inch across.
In addition to their ease of culture, Bachelor Buttons were
popular with our ancestors for their use as "everlastings."
Dozens of individual flowers occur on each plant which
are attractive mounds about 2 feet tall and wide. Cut
stems of flowers hung upside down in a dark, dry area and
allowed to dry hold their color for a year or more and can
be used in a variety of ways.
Experienced gardeners always save a few flower heads
from their favorite color plants to use for next year's seed.
This is definitely a plant that will not thrive until hot
weather arrives. June and July are good times to plant the
seeds in most of Texas. Bachelor
Buttons are so easily grown and
transplanted that many gardeners
simply sow the seeds in a small
area of the vegetable garden or
flower border then transplant
seedlings to permanent locations
when 2 or 3 inches tall. Plants are usually spaced l to l-l/2
feet apart for a mass effect. They are normally attractive
in the garden until late fall. Dwarf forms are available, but
appear to be more susceptible to rot.
Few insects seem to bother Gomphrena but occasional
loss occurs from root rot. Good drainage is essential but
little fertilizer or water are necessary to produce a massive display. It's not too late to start new plants now from
seed. Plants started in July or early August can make a
beautiful fall display and provide lots of dried material for
winter decoration.
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/bachelor.html
For a short video on Gomphrena
CLICK THIS
Master Gardeners Meetings
Tuesday, February 16th, at Greely Garden Center
10:00am - Board of Directors Meeting
11:30am - Meet & Greet Over Lunch
12:00pm – Program: Ireland’s Gardens
12:30pm – General Meeting
LUNCH VOLUNTEERS
Beverly Leach, Carol Barragy and
Olla Mae Batteau
Volunteer for future lunches, contact Rita Phillips
991-0750 email [email protected]
LIKE THAT GARDEN APP
Free for your smartphone - Discover and study thousands of flowers and plants with this gorgeous image
recognition app. Using built-in visual search technology, Like That Garden, is a revolutionary app – you can
simply hold up your device and snap a picture to learn more about what’s in front of
you, via high resolution photos and detailed
species name and descriptions, coupled with
helpful information. And the addition of similar looking
flowers and plants makes this app a dream for Gardeners, Educators, Travelers, Landscape Architects, Hikers,
and anyone that loves the outdoors.
Recommended by a Nueces Master Gardner.
Link to website - CLICK THIS
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY’S
02-07
02-07
02-10
02-18
02-19
02-24
02-27
McRee, Joni
Lambert, Mary
Davis, Sandra Justus
Stewart, Donna
Murray, Suzy
Scott, Michelle
Gonzales, Martha
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This 390-year-old bonsai tree survived an atomic bomb, and no one knew until 2001
From The Washington Post By Faiz Siddiqui August 2 2015
Moses Weisberg was walking his bicycle through the National Arboretum in Northeast Washington when he
stopped at a mushroom-shaped tree. The first thing he
noticed was the thickness of the trunk, estimated at almost a foot and a half in diameter. And then there was
the abundance of spindly leaves, a healthy head of hair
for a botanical relic 390 years old.
But it was only when he learned the full history of the
tree, a Japanese white pine donated in 1976, that he was
truly stunned. The tree, a part of the Arboretum’s National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, has not only navigated the perils
of age to become
the collection’s
oldest, but it also
survived the blast
of an atomic
bomb, Little Boy,
dropped
over
Hiroshima, Japan,
during
World
War II. For one, it’s amazing to think that something
could have survived an atomic blast,” said Weisberg, a
26-year-old student at the Georgetown University Law
Center. “And then that by some happenstance a Japanese tree from the 1600s ended up here.”
The bonsai tree’s history is being honored this week, as
Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima
bombing. But visitors can see the tree as part of the museum’s permanent collection throughout the year. The
tree, donated by a bonsai master named Masaru Yamaki,
was part of a 53-specimen gift to the United States for its
1976 bicentennial. Little was known about the tree until
March 8, 2001, when — with no advance notice — two
brothers visiting from Japan showed up at the museum
to check on their grandfather’s tree.
“I find it amazing that Masaru Yamaki could give a priceless bonsai basically to his enemy and not say a word
about it,” said Felix Laughlin, president of the nonprofit
National Bonsai Foundation. “I get emotional just talking
about it.”
Ensuring the continued survival of such an important
piece of the collection is no easy task. It falls to Jack Sustic, who has been the curator of the Bonsai and Penjing
Museum since 2002.
Bonsai, Sustic said, refers not to the type of tree but rather the manner in which it is cared for. It is the blending
of nature and art, he said. The care includes seeing that
it is watered daily, inspected for insects, rotated for the
sun twice a week and repotted on occasion.
In the winter, the tree is moved to the museum’s climate-controlled Chinese Pavilion. Currently, it sits in the
museum courtyard. “One of the things that makes it so
special is, if you imagine, somebody has attended to that
tree every day since 1625,” Sustic said. “I always like to
say bonsai is like a verb. It’s not a noun; it’s doing.”
He joked that tending to a centuries---old tree every day
can be enough pressure to keep him up at night. Unlike
other museum pieces, there is no recourse when a plant
dies.
“I have a packed suitcase at home,” he said. “There’s a
few trees in here that it’s just kind of a ‘Where’s Waldo?’
if something happens. ”The tranquility of the arboretum
is far from the furor of Hiroshima decades ago.
On Aug. 6, 1945, a 9,700-pound bomb exploded over the
city at 8:15 a.m. A walled nursery belonging to the Yamakis was less than two miles from the site of the bomb
blast, but the ancient tree, Sustic said, was just far
enough away to survive.
“Location, location, location,” Sustic said. “It was up
against a wall. It must have been the wall that shielded it
from the blast. All the family members inside the home
survived the blast as well. It blew out all the windows,
leaving everyone inside cut from flying glass, but no one
suffered permanent injury, according to the museum.
The white pine has long outlived its life expectancy and
has spent about a tenth of its life in Washington .“I’m
reluctant to look because I don’t want it to say 200
years,” Sustic said of the tree’s maximum life expectancy.
In 2016, museum officials said, the bonsai will have a
new home in the Japanese Pavilion, which is being renovated in honor of its upcoming 40th anniversary. The
tree will bear the same placard that triggers the amazement of passersby every day: “In training since 1625.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-390-year-oldtree-that-survived-an-atomic-bomb/2015/08/02/3f824dae3945-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html
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Stop the Crape Murder!
By Greg Grant TAMU
Hideous crimes are being committed all ever Texas,
some in our own front yards and many right in front of
our local businesses. Unfortunately, many have turned a
blind eye to the ongoing massacre. Not me! I can take it
no more.
I am officially forming an advocacy group for plant’s
rights. They can’t speak, so I’m going to speak for them.
My first mission…to stop Crape Murder!
Lagerstroemia indica: The Crape Myrtle. A native of China. The "Lilac of the South". The most popular flowering
tree in the southern United States. Introduced to the U.S.
by Frenchman Andre Michaux to South Carolina around
1786. Perhaps the most beautifully branching flowering
tree in the world.
Crape Myrtles are among the toughest, most adaptable,
and showiest plants that we can grow in our Texas landscapes. They have very few
pests. They bloom all summer
long. They require no supplemental irrigation. They have exfoliating bark that reveals spectacular smooth trunks. And they
happen to have a branching
structure that any floral designer would crave. They
pretty much do every thing but mow the lawn for us.
But for some reason, a mysterious reason that I haven’t
quite solved, the majority of the "gardeners" (and ALL of
the landscape crews) in Texas have made it a horrid ritual of butchering them.
Clip this portion of the article out and take it directly to
your spouse, maintenance person, or nurseryman. I
know of NO educated horticulturist or arborist that endorses the practice of topping Crape Myrtles or any ornamental trees for that matter. Go ahead. Pick up the
phone. Call Neil Sperry. Call Dr. Bill Welch. Call the National Arboretum! You WILL NOT find any plant expert
that will condone or recommend this practice.
Then why do we do it? Actually I have several theories.
But I’m not going to share any of them with you for fear
that you might some how feel justified in your arboreal
disfigurement.
I will tell you why not too, however. First of all it leaves
horrible scars and wounds that last forever. That’s correct, FOREVER. I can show you exactly where any Crape
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Myrtle on earth was topped. It’s a "teenage tattoo" that
can never be removed. It also makes a profusion of
smaller branches resulting in a lack of proportion. All
trees have a characteristic shape. It just so happens that
Crape Myrtles have one of the most beautiful. Topping
does create larger blooms, though
fewer of them. Unfortunately these
larger blooms on new shoots have a
tendency to flop over and droop
after summer rains (remember
when it used to rain in the summer?). And finally it’s down right
ugly. We don’t hack on dogwoods,
redbuds, or Japanese maples. So
why do we pick out the prettiest
one of all to maim? Surely it’s not a
"school girl" jealousy thing. How sick can we be to pick
out the prettiest belle at the ball and scratch her face?
This practice may look appropriate behind a chain link
fence in a Mississippi trailer park, but I can assure you it
is not appropriate for any landscape that you intend to
be admired. Some of the most beautiful homes in Texas
are now marred by embarrassing Crape Myrtles. On the
other hand, take a trip to Baton Rough, Mobile, or
Charleston. They have an enduring admiration for their
beautiful Crape Myrtles and wouldn’t think of undoing
what nature has perfected.
The only pruning Crape Myrtles require is to thin out the
trunks on young trees leaving somewhere around 3 to 7
permanents trunks. The fewer you have, the more you
can admire their shape and smooth texture. Each year
around early spring, all you do is remove any new suckers that appear from the ground or from you main
trunks. That’s it. Yes, if the tree is small you can remove
the seedpods, but realize that this is purely for aesthetic
reason. Removing dried pods during the winter doesn’t
promote any more bloom during the summer. Removing
them during the summer does promote faster re-bloom
however.
This nonsense of pruning back to pencil size wood
comes from recommendations from the 1960’s and is
outdated. People apparently had a lot more free time
on their hands then. There’s no telling how many thousands of dollars are wasted on incorrect pruning of
Crape Myrtles. To be quite honest an unpruned Crape
Myrtle is almost always superior in appearance to a
"professionally" pruned one. Some things in nature are
hard to improve on.
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Crape Myrtle—Continued from previous page
In my personal opinion, any landscape maintenance
firm involved in this practice should be immediately
fired! They are wasting your time and money and obviously don’t care what’s best for your plants or your
landscape. If they took the time to educate themselves
through seminars and reading, they would earn your
money through more horticulturally sound practices.
I’m quite sure that the few of you left reading this
soapbox diatribe can’t wait to tell me what many have
in the past. "But Greg, they got to big!" Much better to
cut it to the ground and start over, or pull it out entirely, than to maim it. Most folks don’t realize (but
should) that there are many, many, cultivars of Crape
Myrtles that have an ultimate height range from 3 feet
to 30 feet. For heavens sakes, don’t plant a 30 foot
Crape Myrtle in a space designed for a 10 foot one.
Check with a reputable nursery. If a tree type is too
large, there are many smaller types available, including
mildew resistant ones.
There are a number of improved semi-dwarf cultivars in
the 6-8 foot range including Acoma (white), Hopi (pink),
Tonto (fuchsia), and Velma’s Royal Delight (purple) that
make outstanding small trees. Trees that NEVER need topping, that is.
Greg Grant is a research associate at the Piney Woods Native
Plant Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, co-author of
The Southern Heirloom Garden, a Master Texas Certified Nurseryman, and a member of the Garden Writers Association of
America, the Southern Garden History Society, and the Lagerstroemia Jihad.
For the complete article CLICK THIS
For a Related Earth-Kind TMAU Article
FOLLOW PROPER PRUNING TECHNIQUES - CLICK THIS
TMAU Top Eight Crape Myrtle Cultivars -CLICK THIS
Thinking of Betty Rogers and wishing
that she has a quick and full recovery
Your Comments, Suggestions and Submissions
This is a new SUGGESTION, COMMENT, and SUBMISSION section which is being
added to the Gazette so that we can get your feedback concerning the Gazette in a
timely manner. This section is also another way for you to submit any ideas, articles, pictures or information that you believe should be shared with all Nueces
Master Gardeners. Just click on the SUGGESTION BOX and you will be taken to the
form. You can feel totally free to add whatever comments that you want to.
A Note From Your Master Gardener Gazette Editor
You may notice that the Gazette has started to include more digital information, or ‘CLICK THIS” items.
This is being done to give you a much larger selection of material that may be of interest to you— without
consuming a lot of space in this publication and wasting your time. If the material is of interest to you,
clicking that will take you to the full online material - if you are not interested, just move on. For some
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Editor: John M. Slusarz Phone: 361-939-0505
E-mail: [email protected]
Jason P. Ott, CEA-Horticulture—Editor: John M. Slusarz
Disclaimer— the information herein is for informational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by the Master Gardeners is implied. Educational programs of the Texas A&M
Agrilife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or
veteran status. Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.
Individuals with disabilities who require auxiliary aid,
service, or accommodation in order to participate in any
extension event are encouraged to contact their County
Extension Office at 361-767-5217 at least one week in
advance of the program in order for proper arrangements to be made.
In the event of a name, address or phone number change please contact the office at:
Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service
ATTN: Horticulture Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
710 E. Main, Suite 1, Attn: Horticulture
Robstown, Texas 78380
(361) 767-5217