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North Central Texas Gardening

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Gardening in North Central Texas can be a real challenge. We have long, ridiculously hot summers, and can get some pretty cold, icy winter weather. In between are about fifteen minutes each of lovely spring weather and mild fall temperatures. Add to that our horrible clay soil, and it's a wonder anything can grow here at all!

This lens will guide you to some of the generous garden resources available online, and help you find the information you need to get your North Central Texas garden growing right. If you have a resource you'd like included in this listing, please feel free to contact me.

Local Garden Resources

These sites have tons of information on gardening in North Central Texas.
Neil Sperry's Gardens
Neil Sperry is a fixture in the Texas gardening scene, and much of his information is focused on the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. His site contains a wealth of practical information for local gardeners. Neil also broadcasts on the radio every weekend---and you can listen live online at the radio station sites listed on his Neil on the Radio page.
Neil Sperry on Facebook
Got questions about your North Central Texas garden? Neil answers questions on his Facebook fan page whenever he can---and so do his hundreds of local gardening followers.
Aggie Horticulture
Although this TAMU site covers all of Texas, there are some articles and plant lists posted that are good for our area. In general, this is a great gardening resource.
Texas SmartScape
This site has information specific to North Texas regarding landscaping with native and naturalized plants, and reducing water usage. It has a good searchable plant database.

Local Nurseries

Are you still buying your plants at Home Depot, Lowe's and The Plant Shed? Stop! These local folks specialize in plants that will do well in our area, and are staffed by folks who really know their stuff.
Redenta's Garden
With locations in Arlington and Dallas, this local nursery specializes in native plants and garden decor. The Arlington location always has a great selection of vegetable and herb seedlings, as well as a large assortment of perennials
North Haven Gardens
This large nursery right in the middle of Dallas has everything: vegetables, native plants, trees, and garden decor. Their web site houses tons of information about what to plant and when to plant it.
Marshall Grain
With locations in Fort Worth and Grapevine, Marshall Grain is a great place to look for local garden goodies. Their Grapevine location has the better nursery.
Green Mama's Organic Garden Center
This little nursery in North Richland Hills focuses on native plants. The folks there are very knowledgeable about local garden challenges. Check their white board by the cash register for what you should be doing in your garden right now.
Weston Gardens
This nursery in Fort Worth has a great selection of roses and native plants---and also lots of stuff that shouldn't be grown in our area, so be careful. However, their demonstration gardens across the street are brilliant and inspiring in every season, and will give you plenty of ideas for your own garden.

Local Garden Bloggers

These gardeners are blogging their North Central Texas gardens.
A Fierke Garden
Regina blogs about growing things, including food for her family's table.
Can You Dig It?
Tamara blogs about her Plano garden, including adventures in organic vegetable gardening.
Donald's Organic Texas Garden
Beautiful photos of whatever is growing today in Donald's Arlington garden.
Grow Lively
Leslie works at North Haven Gardens, and has a master's degree in horticulture. She blogs about her own urban garden.
Plano Prarie Garden
Michael has turned the area around his Plano home back into prairie filled with native plants.
Lisa's Garden
My garden blog, about turning my half acre in Euless from weed-infested lawn to native plant and vegetable gardens.

Great Garden Books

These are a few of the gardening books that really focus on plants and conditions in North Texas.
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