My Gardener Says…

I heard them late in the afternoon, recognizing the territorial we’re here, this is our space calls of the resident pair of Red-Shouldered Hawks, Buteo lineatus.

To mark the 17th year of celebrating native plants of Texas each third week of October, I thought I’d profile a few of my favorites. That’s a bit of a joke, as at one time or another, I’ve designated all of the plants I grow in my garden as one of my favo...

The ‘second spring’ that Fall in Central Texas enjoys explodes with floral beauty in the garden. Enjoying a cool afternoon in my front garden while observing bees and some butterflies working newly flushed and colorful perennials, attention is always focused toward Earth and its abundance in my urban space.

But sometimes, I do look up.

Besides eating mosquitoes and chasing other male damsels, what else is there to do on a sunny day at the pond? These two Great Spreadwing damselflies, Archilestes grandis, assured more of their kind for the future.

Strolling through the garden on a recent cool morning, I spied a Southern Pink Moth, Pyrausta inornatalis, on the lower lip of a White Tropical Sage, Salvia coccinea. The moth wasn’t pollinating or fluttering, just pink and still. I walk...