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Plant & Insect Information

Below are websites we have found are very helpful to us. We are adding more websites all the time. If you find any errors, please use the contact us tab and let us know so we can make the appropriate corrections. Some links are in .pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat reader in order to view. We hope you will find these websites just as helpful to you:

Gardening Checklists:

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April    September 
March    October 
January/February    November/December 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPANION PLANTING GUIDE – SEE WHAT PLANTS GO TOGETHER

 FALL GARDENING GUIDE

BUTTERFLIES–

Swallowtail Butterfly on sunflower

How To Start a Butterfly Garden

The Basics of Butterfly Gardening

 

 

 

 

Butterfly Pictures

Butterfly & Hummingbird plants for SE Texas

North American Butterfly Association

The Butterflies and Moths of North America

Best plant list for Caterpillar, larvae & butterflies

Native Host Plants for Butterflies

Plant guide to Central Texas Gulf Coast for Butterflies

Plant guide to Southern Louisiana Coast for Butterflies

Caterpillars and their food

An Introduction to Butterfly Watching

 

St. Augustine Grass

GRASS–

  • Maintaining St. Augustine Grass
  • Keep Your Lawn Alive During Droughts
  • Chinch Bugs in St. Augustine Lawns
  • Maintaining Bermuda Grass

 

 

Chewing insects

Sucking insects

PESTICIDES–

Pesticide Properties that Affect Water

Herbicides – How they work & the symptoms they cause

A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects

Webworms

Tent Caterpillars

Whitefly Bemisia tebacai

Grasshoppers and Their Control

A Key to Common Caterpillar Pests of Vegetables

Aphids

Wood-boring Insects of Trees and Shrubs

Scale Insects on Ornamental Plants

Lantana and Verbena: How to Combat Insect and Mite Pests

 

Ant

ANTS— ANTS — ANTS — ANTS — ANTS 

          Ants – The different kinds 

                 Managing Household Ant Pests

                 Managing Imported Fire Ants in Urban Areas

                 Fire Ant Information

                 Combating Fire Ants

 

ROSES–                     

Rose

Rose

Managing Insects and Related Pests of Roses

Common Rose Diseases

Rose Propagation

How to Plant Roses by Everett E. Janne

Antique Roses for the South by Dr. William C. Welch

Pruning Roses for Health & Beauty

Southern Garden Roses by Dr. William C. Welch

Rose Care Chart

 

TEXAS WILDFLOWERS

Texas Wildflowers Color Wheel cut-out

Indian Blanket

Texas Bluebonnets of varying colors

Common Yarrow

Scarlet Pimpernel

Obedient Plant

 

How to grow Rain Lilies from seed 

Vegetables:

How can you protect Tomatoes when planting early in the spring?

Flower Gardens!!

Cardinal

Cardinal  

Bird-friendly garden plan BHG (from Better Homes & Gardens)

Heirloom Plants for the Texas Gardens (From Better Homes and Gardens)

Seed Germination Chart check out the light and temperature requirement for your seeds to germinate.

Pine Straw as a Ground Cover Mulch

Fruit & Nut Trees

Homeowner’s Guide to Pests of Peaches, Plums and PecansPeach Tree

Growing Pecan Trees

Fruit and Nut Disease Control Products for use in Texas

 

HERBS!

 Useful in cooking:

8 herbs
Herbs

Herbs to grow in Texas

Herb Definitions      

Herbs in Everyday Cooking  

 

 

How to get rid of Tallow Trees

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