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Herself’s Houston Garden

All about gardening in Houston, I photograph and cover care of plants usual and unusual, things to watch for, local events, and other topics of interest to gardeners along the Gulf Coast.
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What lies lie in the pretty scent of an orchid?

Nov 25, 2009
The scent of a plant is one of the many reasons we love those flowers. Orchids give off complex scents un-duplicated by perfume manufacturers. What lies lie in the scents of orchids? Dendrobium sinense orchids on the Chinese island of Hainan, mimic...

Monarch winter habitat threatened

Nov 22, 2009
The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests. Some 8,000 oyamel fir trees — the butterflies’ unique mountain habitat each...

Meyer Lemon Trees

Nov 18, 2009
This year I collected my first crop of lemons from my Meyer Lemon tree. The tree’s been here three years. The first two years it bloomed early and I lost the flowers to a late winter chill. I find it’s not uncommon for newly planted plants to be a...

Managed Relocation for Plants

Nov 11, 2009
It’s not quite a witness protection program, it’s more of a hide from the climate program. Botanists are collecting seed from several native plants, believed to be endangered by shifting climates and relocating them to more favorable climates. Despite...

Lack of solar wind increases tree growth

Nov 4, 2009
A group of researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that Galactic Cosmic Rays cause trees to grow faster. The sun has an 11 year cycle of solar spots, when there is a lull in sunspots there is a lull in solar wind. The solar wind protects us...


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