You mentioned pruning for the winter months and showed the picture. Is that picture accurate to about how much to prune back after the winter freeze? Mine didn’t come back this year so I am giving it a second go this summer.

This plant comes in like 10 different colors. I have orange, pink, yellow and blue on my Caribbean house. I brought some seeds of the orange variety to my house here in Bell County TX last year and grew them inside the house over winter, in plastic cups. Only one remains, and it is planted outside since March of this year refusing to grow. 😂 The little thing is almost a year old and not taller than 5 inches. I am really hoping it doesn’t die or I’ll have to start all over from seeds this year. Thankfully I spotted an old plant in the neighborhood with plenty of seed pods. Maybe I’ll ask the neighbor for some seeds.🤷🏼‍♂️

Wow! Great explanation- thanks!

Mine has only bloomed twice in the 4 years I have had it. If I water more than once every couple of weeks it will turn yellow and lose it's leaves. Should I fertilize during this heat?

Thank you! You have performed a great public service.

I am moving to Georgetown at the end of the month from Phoenix and am so glad to have found you!

On the crepe myrtles…there are several different varieties-some tall tree types, some medium shrub types and some dwarfs. It is best to research and get the correct one for your application instead say trying to keep one like a Natchez that wants to be 20ft in a shrub form. Just want to save your viewers some heartache/frustration.😊

Bought mine last summer still hasn't seen blooms :( I'll try to fertilize more this year. When you put it in the garage during winter do you need light or just leave it in the dark? Ty!

Oh how I want one now!!

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Where are you located? I'm in Schertz and hoping I can get my yard looking as good as yours! Thanks for the inspiration.

We live in Texas in the DFW area, and never have we been told to not water. The restrictions we get are that everything has to be hand watered or on drip lines, and it has to be very early in the morning or in the evening (so a certain time of day). So hearing you say that you're only allowed to water once a week I'm like 🤯. How is anything supposed to survive. Also please don't be apologetic for watering your babies, when I see these big box stores wasting water through their busted sprinklers and the the city doesn't say anything than it's fair game for everyone else. Your garden is beautiful. Don't forget your cold neck gel pads. Those are amazing to have on hand.

New subscriber here! Enjoyed your show... from Willis TX, North of Houston. 😊

What is the name of your beautiful sunflowers?❤

Will you wait until winter to dig up parts of your Mexican sage to move them? Ours is that big so I probably should move some to bare spaces since it is surviving so well. Thank you for all of your tips!

Thank you for SUCH a beautiful inspiring garden of what we can do in tough conditions. We are in the clay soil of Bastrop county, Texas (NO sand, bad drainage). You have given me ideas of how to make our yard look more intentional. Our spongy clay soil takes days to dry during our seldom but tenacious rains then turns hard as a rock in summer. So I keep digging up native survivors here and there on our farm pasture and planting them around the house. How did you determine how to lay out your dry creek bed? We have a shallow ditch about 3'-5' from one side of our home we made to drain puddles that form during heavy rains. Maybe we should put a French drain there & cover it with rock like yours? I pine for a little arched bridge. How should we cut back our Mexican sage so it has a beautiful rounded shape like yours? We left ours alone when it died back in winter and cut off the dead stems as it budded out in spring but it is flopping over. Our firecracker bush next to it is doing the same thing so I staked the single thick stem with 2' wide foilage for this season until I find out how to prune it this winter. I can't wait to look through all of your videos to see what to do the other months of the year. I LOVE that you have the written labels on the screen as you tell about each plant so we understand the names correctly. We want to garden responsibly with natives for the pollinators and work with the natural inclinations of the land. It makes more sense to not fight it. Thank you again for sharing your wonderful native garden to inspire us how to carry it out beautifully!

New sub! Your garden looks great. I'm further south in Houston and our gardens have been in the oven for about 2 mons already 🥵😂

Love it. It's hard to find a nice Texas drought-tolerant garden. I'm copying some of these ideas.

I'm really enjoying your videos. I live just East of Dallas, so I know this Texas heat. I grow many of the same plants and flowers that you are growing! I have drip irrigation. I love it but sometimes get too much water in some areas and not enough in others. It's definitely an art!

So thrilled to find you! I subscribed immediately! Your yard is a delight! You replied to every comment, answering every question and I read them all! Thank you so much for your help!

I just found your channel. Love your garden and that you're using many native plants. I like the variety of mulch in your back garden. Can you share the brand?

I am so glad to have found you. I also live in Texas and could use all the help I can get 😊

I just stumbled on to your channel. I love it. I'm a San Antonio gardener...just south of you, but we have the same garden issues.

I LOVE when KZbin recommends fellow Texas gardeners. I clicked and subscribed so fast because gardening here is a whole other beast than anywhere else. San Antonio here 🤠♥️ Beautiful tour! 🌻

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What a very informative video! I'm so thankful for this. I bought all of the parts probably 3 years ago at least and never felt confident enough to actually put the drip system in. So this is super helpful.

Happy to have found a gardener who has to garden in this incredible Texas weather lol! I hope to learn a lot.

Beautiful landscape. Everything looks like it is doing amazing in its perfect little spot. Very well thought out. Love the dessert willow. ❤

Thank you for this channel. I live in Austin, soon to be moving to Mason. Can’t wait to start my new garden.

I have rock rose seeds from last year through a seed swap! Im so excited to get to planting them, but should i SOW the seeds in October too? Or sooner like now in June?

Love your garden 🪴

My goodness, a jackhammer was needed. Not for a beginner, for sure. I can't wait to see an update.

My garden is available if you’d like to video a tour. Happy to have you come out to Cedar Park ❤

This was so helpful! Setting up drip for my veggie garden and one of my shade beds is next on my list. It's a little overwhelming, but your very clear demonstration and explanation of everything will be a continued resource for me - thank you!

You have a beautiful garden Thank you for showing us your garden

What kind of sunflowers are those

Oh my gosh, why didnt I think of splitting my mulch bags in half. Genius! I'm mulching right now. I do the same things before going out, even if I look dorky. Loving your channel.

What a beautiful garden. Thanks for the tour.

One of my great grandmothers called zinnias, "cut and come again."

Great looking yard!

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Great tour! What zone are you in? You have some beautiful blooming plants, shrubs, and trees for an arid climate. Have you seen lantana grown into a standard (tree)? They are so beautiful and a fun project to try. I garden in zone 6a…going to see if Esperanza, and the Mexican willow (?) would grow this far north. Thanks for sharing your lovely yard!

What a beautiful yard! The Desert Willow is gorgeous! Love all of the pollinator plants! Thank you for sharing God’s beautiful creation!

Thank you!!!

He has such a beautiful front garden! I like his anecdote on growing watermelon as a child🍉 very sweet memory. I’m super curious how that magnolia will fair over the summer.😮 can we get an update later in the season?

What a beautiful yard and gardens you have. Thanks for your advice and and suggestions.

I think I took screenshots of almost everything. Lol… That Desert Willow and Magnolia are amazing!! Can’t wait to see how the Magnolia rebounds. Nature is beautiful!!

Just got an Esperanza at HEB today for $5 in the sale section and planted it this evening:) nice to see in the video how beautiful it may turn out