Horticulture for Central Texas

Williamson County Tree Selection Guides

• Landscape Tree Selection and Planting Guide for Williamson County TX
• Fruit & Nut Tree Selection & Planting Guide for Williamson County TX
• Texas Tree Selector Guide

Williamson County Vegetable Guides

• Williamson County Vegetable Planting Guide 2020
• Vegetable Varieties for Central Texas
• Aggie Horticulture Vegetable Easy Gardening Series

Central Texas, Native and Adaptive Landscape Plants Guide

• Native and Adapted Landscape Plants for Central Texas, rev 2016

Master Gardener Trials and Reports

• 2018 Broccoli and Carrot Trials
• 2014 WCMG tomato production report

Vegetable Demonstration Garden Planting History Chart
2015 to Summer 2020

• Demonstration Garden Planting History

Lawn

• St Augustine Lawn Management Guide
• St. Augustine Management Calendar Guide
• Bermudagrass Varieties, Hybrids, and Blends for Texas
• Turfgrass Selection for Texas
• Keep Your Lawn Alive During Drought
• Maintaining Bermudagrass Lawns
• Take-All Root Rot

Cactus and Succulents

• Cold Hardy Cacti & Succulents
• Cacti & Succulent Care Sheet

Chickens for the Garden

• Chickens and the Garden
• Getting your Chicks

Fruits

• Citrus in Central Texas
• Chilling Accumulation and its Importance
• Growing Olives
• Homeowners Fruit and Nut Spray Schedule
• Earth-Kind Practices for Home Orchards

Grow Green Fact Sheets, Pests, Landscapes, Lawn, etc.

• http://austintexas.gov/page/grow-green-fact-sheets

Hardiness Zones

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Herbs

• Growing Herbs in Texas
• E-561 Growing Herbs in Texas
• Herbs for the Upper Gulf Coast of Texas
• Medicinal Herbs

Insects

Insect Identification Resources

• Acrobat Ants Feb 2018
• Ants vs termites Feb 2022
• Aphids in Texas Landscapes
• Aphids- May 2016
• Asian giant hornets May 2020
• Backyard bug habitats Sep18
• Boxelder Bugs Jan 2021
• Butterflies and Monarch Resources
  • Butterfly Plants of Zilker Botanical Garden 5-9-16
  • Fall Pollinator Plants for the Austin Area 5-9-16
  • Plants for Butterfly and Pollinator Gardens 5-9-16
  • monarchs-oe-parasite-oct-2016
• Cactus coreids- June 2022
• Centipedes and Millipedes
• Cicada killer wasps- July 2022
• Chiggers- August 2022
• Cochineal scale insect on Prickly Pear Cactus- Aug16
• Conserving pollinators Feb 2020
• Common Caterpillar Pests
• Control Those Ticks
• Crane flies Feb 2017
• Cycad scale April 2017
• Emerald ash borer Feb 2019
• Fall Armyworms Aug 2021
• Fall webworms Jun 2019
• Field crickets Oct 2019
• Fire Ant Control
• Fire Ant Experiment 3/2019 WCMG Summary and Results
• Fireflies May 2017
• Fleas- July 2016
• Floodwater mosquitoes- September 2022
• Grasshoppers- April 2016 Wizzie Brown
• Green Lacewings Jan18  Wizzie Brown
• Glassy Winged Sharpshooters Apr 2018 Wizzie Brown
• Harlequin bugs Mar 2019
• Hornworms May 2018
• Kern’s Flower beetles- May 2022
• Larger Canna Leafroller Sep17 Wizzie Brown
• Lacebugs July 2017
• Leaf cutter ants- Jan 2016 Wizzie Brown
• Leaffooted bugs May 2021
• Mason bees March 2020
• Mexican honey wasps Sep 2020
• Monarch Migration Aug 2019
• Mosquito Control Tips – May 2015
• Mosquito repellents June 2021
• Mosquito repellents Oct18
• Oleander aphids May 2019
• Outdoor cockroaches Nov 2017
• Overwintering insects- Dec 2016
• Plant damage Aug 2020
• Praying Mantids June 2020
• Providing water for insects July 2020
• Robber Flies – Good Insects in the Garden-June 2018
• Rover ants Jan 2019
• Scorpions- Nov 2015
• Snout butterflies Aug18
• Spider mites Aug17
• Squash bugs March 2017 Wizzie Brown
• Stink bugs- July 2015
• Termites-Subterranean
• Termites in the landscape March 2018
• Thrips July 2018
• Vegetable Pests
• Wasps
• Wasps Paper-sep 2016
• What is Molting Dec 2017
• Whiteflies Jan 2017
• Widow spiders Oct2017 Wizzie Brown
• Widow spiders Nov 2020
• Wood-boring Insects
• Yucca plant bugs Jul 2019
• Yellowjackets- August 2015
• Zika virus and Mosquito- Feb16

Insect Control

• How do horticultural oils work June 2017

Invasive Plants and Species

• Armadillo
• Central Texas Invasive Plants
• Common Invasive Plants
• Invasive Species
• Malta Star Thistle 5-2016
• Tawny crazy ants- Oct15

Landscape

• 12 Step Landscape Design
• AgriLife Extension Office Landscape Map
• Christmas Plant Care Poinsetta-Cacti-Trees
• Cool Season Annuals
• Deer-Resistant Plants
• Recommended Landscape Plants for Williamson County
• Xeriscaping
• Salvia Database
• Salvia Salvation
• Butterfly host plants
• Year Round Color with Native Plants
• Bloom Graph for Native Plants

Oak Wilt

• Does Your Tree Have Oak Wilt & Other FAQ?
• Oak Wilt Booklet
• Oak Wilt Brochure

Propagating Plants

• Stem Cuttings Propagation
• Propagation–Leaf cuttings of African Violets
• Plant Propagation—Roses—Soda Bottle Propagation

Rainwater Harvesting

• Rainwater Harvesting

Roses

• Common Rose Diseases
• Rose Rosette Disease
• Success With Bare-Root Roses in Central Texas

Snakes

• Snakes and Their Control
• Venomous Snakes

Soil

• Building Good Soil
• How to Collect a Soil Sample
• Managing Soil Tilth
• Soils-From the Ground UP
• COMPOST 6 ways to compost

Trees

• What to do with trees recovering from winter storm URI 2021
• Crape myrtle bark scale Apr 2020
• Find a local Certified Texas Arborist
• Emerald ash borer in Texas- Jun3 2016
• Keys to Diseases of Oaks in Landscape
• Tree Care After a Storm
• Winter Tree Care
• Walnut Caterpillar Concerns for Pecan Growers
• Crape Mrytle Bark ScaleEHT-049

Tool Care & Sharpening Videos

• A Master Gardner explains how to Sharpen Pruning Shears
• Sharpening Garden Shears – with Paul Sellers
• Sharpen gardening tools – no power tools needed

Vegetables

• April-May Onion and Garlic Tips
• Home Vegetable Guide
• Raised Bed Garden
• Vegetable Gardening in Containers
• Fall Vegetable Gardening, Texas Style
• Spring Vegetable Gardening Tips
• 10 Tips for a Successful Vegetable Garden
• Vegetable Seed Sources
• Aggie Horticulture Vegetable Easy Gardening Series