Author: Lisa

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Not Such Knockouts

About two weeks ago, I found some yellow Knockout roses at Lowe’s. They’ve been available here in abundance in red and pink, but these were the first yellows I’d seen. Since my front yard garden is all yellow/orange/white, for contrast with the dark red brick of the house, I snapped up two yellow rose bushes. […]

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African Daisies

These are gazanias, also known as African Daisies. I planted six last spring, not sure if they’d live or die in the Texas heat. Well duh—they’re from Africa. They loved the Texas heat. The less water I gave them, the more they bloomed. At the end of the summer, when I snapped this pic, my […]