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Helpful GARDENING Web Links

   The following is a list of links to websites related to gardening. Most of these are links to Aggie Horticulture, one of the most comprehensive sources of gardening information to be found on the internet. We have screened these websites for in-depth, sound, up-to-date information. Some of the suggested websites are commercial sites that contain useful information. The inclusion of commercial sites does not represent endorsement of any commercial site or product.

 

Links added or updated in May 2010

   
Aggie Horticulture
   Visit the site beginning with the home page

  
AgriLife Bookstore
Annual Plants  
   Flowers for All Seasons
   
Butterflies
   Butterfly Gardening in Texas
   Butterflies in Bloom (photos)
   Butterflies and Moths

Cacti & Succulents
   Cactus Culture
  
Debra Lee Baldwin, Garden Photo Journalist
   Managing Insect Pests on Cacti and Succulents

   The Succulent Plant Page
  
Highland Succulents

   
Composting
  
Don't Bag It, Compost It
   Worm Composting
Fertilizers
   Garden Fertilizers, PH, and Micronutrients
  
Lawn & Garden Fertilizers and the Environment
  
   
Fruits & Nuts
  
Best Varieties
   Citrus
  
Home Fruit Fact Sheets
  
Pests of Peaches, Plums & Pecans
   Organic Fruit & Nut Production
   Pecans, general information
  
Pecans, grafting
  
Pecans, identifying problems
  
Starting a Vineyard in Texas
   Wine Grapes

General Interest
  
American Horticulture Society
   American Horticultural Therapy Association
   Arbor Day Foundation  

  
Backyard Conservation
  
Botanical Names, Pronouncing
  
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Home & Garden
   Central Texas Gardener, KLRU-TV

   Garden Conservancy, The
  
Gardening in Central Texas, McLennan MG's site
   Glossary of Gardening Terms
   Grow Green Fact Sheets
, City of Austin  
  
  
National Gardening Association
  
Native Plant Society of Kerrville
   Neil Sperry's Gardens, website
  
New York Botanical Gardens - Ask an Expert
   Plant Press Dictionary of Plant Names, The
  
Seed Savers Exchange
   Sustainable Sites Initiative, The
   Texas Gardener, the magazine

   Texas Nature Conservancy, The
  
Texas Wildscapes
   US Department of Agriculture

   

Herbs

   Herbs, Cultivation, Harvesting, Cooking
   Herbs, Info Chart
   Growing Herbs in Texas
  
The Herb Society of America

Indoor Gardening
  
Interiorscape Plants Picture Pages
   Terrariums

   

Insects  

   Earth-wise Guide: Aphids

   Earth-wise Guide: Beetles

   Earth-wise Guide: Caterpillars

   Insect Answers
   Insects in the City
   Identification
   Fact Sheets
  
Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
  
Fire Ants

   Low Impact Insect Control
   Managing Insects & Pests in Vegetable Gardens
   The Bug Guide
   Wasps and Yellowjackets

Invasive Plants
   Natural Resources Conservation Services

   Texas Dept of Agriculture - Noxious Plants
 
  Texas Forest Service Information
   Texas Invasives
  
Texas Parks & Wildlife - Invasive Aquatic Plants

   Central Texas Invasive Plants

 

   
Landscaping
  
EarthKind Planning & Design
   EarthKind Plant Selector
  
Low Maintenance Landscaping
   Texas Urban Landscape Guide
  
Water Gardening in Texas
Lawns
  
Earthwise Guide to Lawn Care
  
Turf Answers
   Weed Identification and Control
   

Mulching
   General Information
   Easy Gardening, Mulching

Mushrooms
  
Identification & Photos
   

Organic Gardening
  
Howard Garrett
   John Dromgoole
   Hortsense, problems & solutions

   A Natural Weed and Feed

   Organic Lifestyles
   Organic Pest Controls

   Near-Organic & Inorganic Pest Controls

Perennial Plants
  
Herbaceous Plant Pages
  
The Irises at Shadowood
   Daylilies, Best for South Texas
   Ornamental Database
   
Pests and Disease Control
   Easy Gardening, Pest Control
   Pesticide Fact Sheets
   Scale Insects on Ornamental Plants

   Snails and Slugs

Plant Diseases & Problems
  
Diagnosis of Plant Problems
  

   

Plant Lists
  
All America Selections
   Best Annuals
  
Native Plants of South Texas
  
Natives of Texas
  
Outstanding Vines & Groundcovers

   Outstanding Landscape Plants for Central Texas  
   Plants for Pollinators/Southwest Region
   Texas Superstars

Poisonous Plants
  
Plants Poisonous to Dogs, Cats & Horses
  
Poisonous Plants

  
Toxic Plants of Texas

Public Gardens
  
Hill Country List
  
Public Gardens of America
  
Public Gardens of Texas

   
Rainwater Harvesting
   Efficient Landscape Irrigation
  
TAMU Rainwater Harvesting
   Texas Rainwater Catchment Assoc

Roses
  
Common Rose Diseases
   EarthKind Roses
   Roses for South Central Texas

   Texas A&M Rose Breeding & Genetics

   
Soils
   Basic Information
  
County Soil Maps
   Soil Sustains Life
  
Testing, Guide to Collecting Samples

Trees & Shrubs
  
Ball Moss

   Benny Simpsons' Texas Native Shrubs
  
Bougainvilleas
   Crape Myrtles for Texas  
  
Oak Wilt
  
Texas Tree Planting Guide
  
Tree Pruning
  
Earth-wise Guide to Cotton Root Rot

   

Vegetables
  
Best Varieties
   Canning and Freezing Vegetables
  
Caterpillar Pests of Vegetables
  
Container Gardening with Vegetables
  
Cucurbits Disorders
  
Easy Gardening  
         
— Asparagus
          — Beets
          — Green Beans

          — Tomatoes
  
Fall Gardening
  
Hydroponics
  
Hydroponics as a Hobby
  
Organic Vegetable Production Guide

   Planting Guide
  
Potatoes, Q & A
  
Seed Information
  
Square Foot Gardening
   Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide

   Tomato Problem Solver
  
Vegetable Gardening in Containers

Water
   Agricultural Drought Task Force
   City of Kerrville Water Restrictions
  
Conserve Water by Watering Well  

   Irrigation Calculator
   
USGS Interactive Drought Map
   Efficient Use of Water in the Landscape
   Water Matters

Water Gardening
  
Aqua Plant, a Pond Managers Diagnostic Tool

Weeds
  
Controlling Weeds in the Organic Garden
  
Weed Identification Guide for Turf
   Weed Library

Wildflowers
   Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  
Riverside Nature Center
  
Wildflowers In Bloom, Growing & Seed

   

Xeriscape Gardening
  
Principles of Xeriscaping
   Xeriscape Council of New Mexico

Youth Gardening Activities

   Composting in Schools
   Gardening with Kids
  
Junior Master Gardeners
   KinderGarden

Zones
  
Plant Maps, Interactive USDA Planting Maps
  
Heat Zones
 
   

 

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