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1997 (56 columns)
1997-05-13GLORIOUS COLEUS HAS A PLACE IN EVERY GARDEN
1997-05-20MISS EMILY MY KIND OF GARDENER
1997-06-10LUSH VIOLET LACECAP HYDRANGEA DISCOVERED AT LAFAYETTE MUSEUM
1997-06-17LARGE CHARTREUSE SEED PODS AND YELLOW FLOWERS APPEAR TOGETHER ON BUTTERFLY VINE
1997-06-21PASSION FLOWER TOO BEAUTIFUL TO BE REAL
1997-06-24SHARING SEEDS IS A REWARDING EXPERIENCE
1997-06-28CAMPUS CREPE MYRTLE HAS UNUSUAL COPPERY BARK COLOR
1997-07-01ELDERBERRY BLOOMS PROFUSELY EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK
1997-07-05ROSE PETALS GIVE LONG-LASTING PLEASURE
1997-07-08LOCATING CATALPAS FOR PLANT WATCHERS
1997-07-12DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE MYSTERY FLOWER?
1997-07-15HEART-SHAPED FOLIAGE AND LARGE GREEN PODS ARE SUMMERTIME GARB
1997-07-19BEAUTIFUL NATIVE SPIDER LILY FOUND IN SURPRISING PLACES
1997-07-21VINE-COVERED SANS SOUCI BOOKSTORE DRAWS INTEREST
1997-07-26SELF-RELIANT HEIRLOOM ROSES FASCINATE GARDENERS
1997-07-29ATCHAFALAYA BASINS WATER HYACINTHS ORNAMENT HOME PONDS
1997-08-02NATIVE CAMELLIA BLOOMING NOW IN SHADY, MOIST AREAS
1997-08-05CANNAS JAZZ-UP ANY GARDEN SETTING
1997-08-09IF YOU PLANT TRUMPET VINE, STAND BACK!
1997-08-12DO YOU RECOGNIZE MYSTERY FLOWER NUMBER 2?
1997-08-16JERUSALEM THORN TREE SEEMS ALWAYS TO BE IN BLOOM
1997-08-23COOL-LOOKING CALADIUMS ARE MAINSTAY OF SHADY SUMMER GARDEN
1997-08-26HEADY FRAGRANCE WAFTS FROM FENCES, WALLS AND ALMOST ANYWHERE
1997-08-30TRAILING VIOLET MAKES BEAUTIFUL HANGING BASKET PLANT
1997-09-02CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN EVERY HUE ARE WAITING TO BE PLANTED
1997-09-09LONG-LIVED, SHADE-LOVING PERENNIALS OFFER FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS
1997-09-13DIEFFENBACHIA PRODUCES INTERESTING FLOWERS
1997-09-23PREPARE AMARYLLIS FOR WINTER REBLOOM
1997-09-27HIBISCUS GROWERS TELL THEIR SECRETS
1997-09-30HYACINTH BEAN VINE BLOOMS AND BLOOMS AND BLOOMS
1997-10-04ELEPHANT-EAR PLANTS YELLOW SPATHE IS UNIQUE
1997-10-07WILLOW STREET DATURAS LOADED WITH PURPLE TRUMPETS
1997-10-11SKYROCKET CLERODENDRUM NOT SEEN OFTEN
1997-10-14NATIVE SHRUB, FRENCH MULBERRY, IS CHERISHED BY BIRDS
1997-10-18IN PURSUIT OF THE ELUSIVE JAPANESE SILK FLOWER
1997-10-21FOR CHRISTMAS, GIVE YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN THE NORTH THE WORLD'S HARDIEST BANANA PLANT
1997-10-25CAROLINA SILVER BELL TREE NOT SEEN OFTEN IN COASTAL SOUTH
1997-10-28BLOOMING RED PASSION VINE ATTRACTS ATTENTION ON MOSS STREET
1997-11-01EXPERIMENT TO FIND A GOOD PLANTING SITE FOR JAPANESE MAPLES
1997-11-04POTATO VINE, A STRANGE AND LOVELY PLANT
1997-11-08WAITING TO SEE IF SERVICEBERRY WILL PERFORM
1997-11-12FALL TEMPERATURES BRING CONFEDERATE ROSE BLOOM
1997-11-15DURING WINTER SMALL CYPRESS TREE CAN BE MOVED WITH EASE
1997-11-18TOAD LILIES HARDY FALL-BLOOMING PLANTS
1997-11-22VIVID GREEN EDIBLE FRUIT PRODUCED BY PAWPAW TREE
1997-11-25ELEGANT JADE PLANT EASY TO GROW
1997-11-29DRAMATIC SEED PODS PRODUCED BY LARGE CLERODENDRUM
1997-12-02MANDEVILLA SEED PODS STIR INTEREST AND QUESTIONS
1997-12-07GROWING GORGEOUS GERBERAS FROM SEED
1997-12-09BIG RED ORIENTAL POPPIES MAKE EARLY SPRING DISPLAY
1997-12-14CRABAPPLES ARE LOVELY AND VERSATILE TREES IN COOLER CLIMATES
1997-12-16POINSETTIAS CAN BE FESTIVE FOR ENTIRE HOLIDAY SEASON
1997-12-21WHITE OAK HAS LOVELY BARK AND FOLIAGE
1997-12-23DECK THE HALLS WITH RED-BERRIED HOLLIES
1997-12-28LOQUAT AND FRENCH MULBERRY WELCOME ADDITIONS
1997-12-30ORNAMENTAL PEARS PUT ON WINTER SHOW

1998 (88 columns)
1998-01-04TAKE CARE IN PRUNING PYRACANTHA
1998-01-07JAPANESE AUCUBA SHINES IN THE SHADE
1998-01-10HAVE FUN LANDSCAPING BALCONY
1998-01-13SOME LOVE, SOME HATE, CREEPING FIG VINE
1998-01-17LOCATING PENNYROYAL FOR PET CARE
1998-01-20IN SPRING THE UGLY DUCKLING TURNS INTO A SWAN
1998-01-24PRELIMINARY FINDINGS REPORTED FROM IRIS SOCIETY SURVEY
1998-01-27MAKING KUMQUAT MARMALADE
1998-01-31LADYBUGS FLY AWAY HOME TO BUTTE LAROSE RESIDENCE
1998-02-03JAPANESE YEW TOUGH AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL
1998-02-07FESTIVE MARDI GRAS MAPLE CELEBRATES THE SEASON
1998-02-10HOLLY SOCIETY MAKES INQUIRIES
1998-02-14ACADIANA RESIDENTS REPORT LADYBUGS IN HOMES
1998-02-17BRIGHT-BERRIED TREE BRINGS PLEASURE TO MOTORIST
1998-02-21PRUNING RANGY SWEET OLIVE TREES
1998-02-24MANY PLANTS LOVE MOIST, SHADY SITES
1998-03-03VINE THRIVES OUTDOORS DURING MILD WINTER
1998-03-07PEONIES NEED TO BE ICED DOWN ?
1998-03-14PURPLE TRAILING VERBENA MARKS SEASON OF LENT
1998-03-21SWEET OLIVE TRADITIONS LINGER ON
1998-03-28CHINESE FRINGEFLOWER A VISUAL TREAT
1998-04-04LADY BANKS ROSE SLOW TO BLOOM
1998-04-11LOUISIANA IRIS CULTURE Q&A
1998-04-18TUNG OIL BLOSSOMS CONTINUE TO AMAZE
1998-04-25LILY OF THE NILE BLOOM LOOKS LIKE BLUE FIREWORKS
1998-05-02ORNAMENTAL FRUIT TREES DISFIGURED BY FIRE BLIGHT
1998-05-09SPLASHY, HEAT-TOLERANT PETUNIAS PROVE EFFECTIVE
1998-05-16EVERGREEN WISTERIA STUNNING
1998-05-23KEY LIME TREE VERY SENSITIVE TO COLD
1998-05-30 HYDROSEEDING: THE HIGH-TECH WAY TO PLANT GRASS
1998-06-02NATCHEZ CREPE MYRTLES IN FULL BLOOM
1998-06-06IDENTIFYING SOURCE OF TOP NOTE IN NEW FRAGRANCE
1998-06-09RED BUCKEYE IS LATE SPRING BLOOMER
1998-06-13MONKEY GRASS MAKES TOUGH LAWN FOR SHADE
1998-06-16PEOPLE EXCLUDED FROM MEMBERSHIP IN LIVE OAK SOCIETY
1998-06-20WHERE ARE THE ARMADILLO BUSTERS WHEN WE NEED THEM?
1998-06-23RED PASSION FLOWER VINE DRAWS ADMIRING GLANCES
1998-06-27MISSING BRIDAL VEIL RESTORED
1998-06-30WHAT TO DO WHEN TREES ARE THREATENED
1998-07-04CREPE MYRTLES VULNERABLE TO POWDERY MILDEW
1998-07-07A HALL OF FAME FOR ROSES IN ACADIANA
1998-07-11RECOMMENDING STREET TREES
1998-07-14THATS ONE BIG CANTALOUPE
1998-07-18ORNAMENTAL PEPPERS FLAVOR GUMBOS AND OTHER DISHES
1998-07-25WHY DOESNT JAPANESE PLUM BEAR FRUIT?
1998-07-28 VERMILIONVILLE CREPE MYRTLES CHARM VISITORS
1998-08-01HOW TO SHOO SQUIRRELS FROM THE ARBOR
1998-08-04WHATS THE SCOOP ON 8-8-8?
1998-08-08GLORIOSA CLIMBING LILY DRAWS GLANCES
1998-08-11ESTABLISHING A REGIMEN FOR FERTILIZING
1998-08-15THERES HOPE FOR RECALCITRANT WISTERIA
1998-08-18FRAGILE LOOKING PLANT IS TOUGH AS THEY COME
1998-08-22FALL PLANT SWAP SCHEDULED
1998-08-25YESTERDAY-TODAY-AND-TOMORROW IS OLD FAVORITE
1998-08-29JACOBINIA IS GOOD PLANT INVESTMENT
1998-09-01THIS HYACINTH BEAN VINE HAS WHITE FLOWERS
1998-09-05AUNTIE EM, AUNTIE ELM, THIS MUST BE KANSAS!
1998-09-08CANNAS LEND A TROPICAL TOUCH
1998-09-12HOUTUYNIA IS COLORFUL PLANT WITH ODD-SOUNDING NAME
1998-09-15SEPTEMBER IS PEAK MONTH FOR HUMMINGBIRDS
1998-09-19FLOATING WATER LETTUCE AT TODAYS PLANT SWAP
1998-09-22GARDEN FRIEND DESTROYS NOXIOUS INSECTS
1998-09-26MARIJUANA LOOK-ALIKE HITS THE ROOF
1998-09-29 LOVELY COMMON BLEEDING HEART BEST IN COOLER CLIMES
1998-10-03HEIRLOOM CAMELLIA NEEDS ABUNDANT MOISTURE
1998-10-06EYEING THOSE NAKED LADIES
1998-10-10BE CAUTIOUS WHEN USING WATER LETTUCE IN PONDS
1998-10-13BUYING PLANTS ON SALE
1998-10-17JAVA PLANTS IMPRESSIVE IN THE LANDSCAPE
1998-10-20ROOTING CUTTINGS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
1998-10-27PROPAGATING UNIQUE ROSE OF SHARON
1998-10-31BANISHING HALLOWEEN CATS FROM THE GARDEN
1998-11-03NEW GARDENERS DISCOVER OLD GARDEN FAVORITE
1998-11-07KUDZU VINE NOTORIOUS, BUT NOT FOR FLOWERS
1998-11-10BLOOMIN OAKS BAFFLE TREE BUFFS
1998-11-14SOME TIPS FOR MULCHING TRANSPLANTS
1998-11-17POND FISH CRAZY ABOUT PAPRIKA
1998-11-21VINES AND CLIMBERS MAKE GORGEOUG VERTICAL GARDENS
1998-11-24INVASIVE PLANTS
1998-11-26SOME TIPS FOR MULCHING TRANSPLANTS
1998-11-28STAND BACK FOR ENGLISH IVY!
1998-12-03GARDEN DIARY LOADED WITH GOOD STUFF
1998-12-10MAKING DUTCH BULB LASAGNA
1998-12-13TWICE BLOOMING AZALEAS POSE PRUNING PROBLEM
1998-12-17MORE ON PLANTING LAYERED SPRING BULBS
1998-12-20YEAR-AROUND GOOD LOOKS AND WINTER-BLOOM LEND EXOTIC TOUCH
1998-12-27DECK THE PATHS WITH RED NANDINA BERRIES
1998-12-31CAMELLIAS PURPLE AND PINK PETALS PUZZLE READER

1999 (85 columns)
1999-01-03CREATING ACADIAN-STYLE GARDEN
1999-01-07COLD WEATHER NO OBSTACLE TO ACADIANA GARDENERS
1999-01-10HAVE SHOPPING CART, WILL CRUISE THE WEB
1999-01-14OLD GARDEN ROSES NEED LITTLE PROTECTION FROM COLD
1999-01-17SIAM TULIPS BLOOM EARLIER IF FORCED
1999-01-21HEIRLOOM CAMELLIAS SURVIVE CAREFUL TRANSPLANTING
1999-01-24ABBEVILLE COUPLE HARVESTS JUJUBES
1999-01-28ELEGANT TULIPS HIGHLIGHT SPRING GARDENS
1999-01-31GARDENER SEEKS ELUSIVE MAGNOLIA
1999-02-04AMARYLLIS SUBJECT OF FREQUENT WINTER GARDENING QUESTION
1999-02-11EARLY, EARLY SPRING FLOWERS ENCHANT BUYERS
1999-02-14DIRECTIONS SIMPLE FOR GROWING VALENTINE PLANTS
1999-02-18GORGEOUS CROSSVINE CULTIVAR MAKES A HIT
1999-02-21RED BAY LEAVES IN THE SUPERMARKET?
1999-02-25ROSES LOOKING BARE THESE DAYS
1999-02-28GARDENERS ARE THE NICEST PEOPLE
1999-03-04PALM PRODUCES UNCOMMON BUDS AND BLOOMS
1999-03-07PINK JASMINE BLOOMS WITH FRAGRANT, FLOWERING CLUSTERS
1999-03-11FRAGRANT TEXAS MOUNTAIN LAUREL BRIGHTENS BENDEL ROAD
1999-03-14"LOUISIANA GARDENER" MAGAZINE HITS THE NEWSSTAND
1999-03-21HAWAIIAN TI PLANT AKA CORTYLINE HAS MULTIPLE USES
1999-03-28BLOSSOMS OF TUNG OIL TREE DRAW ADMIRING GLANCES
1999-04-04SPRINGS HERE; THINK POINSETTIAS FOR WINTER
1999-04-08FLORIDA FLAME AZALEA BLAZES ON E. BAYOU PARKWAY
1999-04-11POLYNESIAN NATIVE MAKES BEAUTIFUL HOUSE PLANT
1999-04-15NAKED LADY BULBS FREE AT SPRING PLANT SWAP
1999-04-18PLANTING A GARDEN TO ATTRACT FLYING FLOWERS
1999-04-25SELECTING SUNLOVERS TO REPLACE FADING PANSIES
1999-04-29SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL PLANTING THE 4-STORY GARDEN
1999-05-02LAWN GRASSES PRESENT PROBLEMS IN LATE SPRING
1999-05-06SPECTACULAR RUDBECKIAS BLOOM ON WEST CONGRESS
1999-05-09HOSTAS GREAT PERENNIALS FOR SHADE
1999-05-13WINDOW BOXES FUN TO PLANT, EASY TO MAINTAIN
1999-05-16HORTICULTURE PROS IDENTIFY UNDERWATER EEL PLANT
1999-05-27DRUNKARDS DREAM MAKES UNUSUAL PATIO PLANT
1999-05-30MUNCH ON JUICY WATERMELONS WHEN THE HOT DAYS HIT
1999-06-03THREE NEW ANNUALS GROW WELL IN SHADE, HEAT AND HUMIDITY
1999-06-06READER GETS TANTALIZING GLIMPSE OF VITEX IN BLOOM
1999-06-10MORNING GLORIES BRIGHTEN JEFFERSON STREET
1999-06-13PROPAGATING SUMMER-BLOOMING PERENNIALS
1999-06-17ANGEL TRUMPETSIN CONTAINERS OR IN THE GROUND
1999-06-24FLOWERING MAPLE BLOOMS IN ICE CREAM COLORS
1999-06-27THREE PODS ON PALM TREE MEANS LOTS OF DATES
1999-07-01TROPICAL FLOWERING PLANTS FEATURED ON U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
1999-07-04WHAT GARDENERS LIKE TO DO IN THEIR SPARE TIME
1999-07-08TEENY, TINY WATER GARDEN BRINGS BIG DELIGHT
1999-07-15MARK PASSING OF MILLENNIUM; PLANT A TREE TO BENEFIT FUTURE GENERATIONS
1999-07-18WHY SOME NILE LILIES DONT BLOOM
1999-07-22GRAND CRINUM OF CHINA BLOOMS IN RUSTIC SETTING
1999-07-25DID STEVEN SPEILBERG DREAM UP WATER HYACINTHS?
1999-07-29ENAMORED GARDENERS THUMB THROUGH BULB CATALOGS
1999-08-01NOT TOO LATE TO PLANT BLACK-EYED SUSANS
1999-08-05MYSTERY PLANT EXHIBITS UNIQUE PODS AND SEEDS
1999-08-09HEAT AND THE WRONG FERTILIZER SPELL DISASTER
1999-08-19JAPANESE SILK FLOWER SEEDS OFFERED
1999-08-22FILLING IN THE BARE SPOTS
1999-08-26VENERABLE BIRD-OF-PARADISE PRODUCES SECOND DOUBLE BLOOM
1999-08-29TRY MONDO GRASS IN SHADE
1999-09-02DAINTY, WELL-BEHAVED VINE IS EASY TO GROW
1999-09-05FOR FRESH FALL FOLIAGE, CUT BACK CALADIUMS
1999-09-09MORE ON BUTTERFLY VINE AND BUTTERFLY BUSH
1999-09-12SHRUBBY YELLOW ALLAMANDA BRIGHTENS BEDS
1999-09-15JACOBINIAS EASY PLANTS FOR THE SHADY GARDEN
1999-09-19FAST-GROWING TREES FOR SHORT-TERM SHADE
1999-09-23CASHMERE BOUQUET MARCHES ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE
1999-09-30HEIRLOOM PLANT PUTS ON BEAUTIFUL SHOW
1999-10-03AERATE FLOWER BEDS AND GROW WORMS
1999-10-07PARKINSONIA HAS LONG BLOOM SEASON
1999-10-10USING PLANTS TO MUFFLE ROAD NOISE
1999-10-21GET COOL SEASON ANNUALS OFF TO A GOOD START
1999-10-24FALL PLANTING FOR BUTTERFLIES
1999-11-04TINY JAPANESE TOAD LILIES SPARKLE IN SHADE
1999-11-07MAKING WATERTIGHT BASKETS FOR PLANTS
1999-11-11STREPTOCARPUS PRETTIER THAN IT SOUNDS
1999-11-14ARE TREES TAGGED CORRECTLY AS ACACIAS?
1999-11-18FLOWERS ARE LAGNIAPPE ON GREEN LEAF LEOPARD PLANT
1999-11-21NEW GARDENING BOOK WILL DELIGHT THOSE WHO GROW AND ARRANGE FLOWERS
1999-12-02SPANISH FLAG VINE GROWN AS ANNUAL CLIMBER
1999-12-05BROTHER LEO GROWS SPECTACULAR CASSIAS
1999-12-12STATELY HOLLIES HIGHLIGHT CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
1999-12-16CHANGING SEASONS DONT DETER PANSIES
1999-12-19RECYCLE ALL SAINTS DAY MUMS
1999-12-23 VARIEGATED PERIWINKLE TRAILS NICELY FROM WINDOW BOXES
1999-12-26DECEMBER 26 IS FAVORITE TULIP-PLANTING DAY
1999-12-30EARLY LEADER OF ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT STILL STRONG IN 2000

2000 (96 columns)
2000-01-02ACADIANAS SECOND SPRING CONTINUES
2000-01-06ESPALIER CAMELLIAS ALONG NARROW PLANTING STRIP
2000-01-09GIRARD PARK DRIVE CHINESE PHOTINIA MAKES HANDSOME SMALL TREE
2000-01-13LATEST ROSE IN PINK POT IS RED FLOWER CARPET
2000-01-16MASTERPIECE CAMELLIAS HAVE SOME GENETIC PROBLEMS
2000-01-20DONT TAKE SHRIMP PLANT FOR GRANTED
2000-01-23LEAVES OF EVERGREEN HOUSEPLANT TASTE LIKE CANDY
2000-01-30MANY GARDENERS BUY PLANTS AND SUPPLIES FROM CATALOGS
2000-02-03CLOUDS OF WHITE BLOSSOMS ATTRACT ADMIRERS
2000-02-06PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE COASTAL PRAIRIE
2000-02-10NURSERIES OFFER INSTANT SPRING IN WIDE ARRAY OF BLOOMING BULBS
2000-02-13CLERODENDRON FAMILY INCLUDES SKYROCKET AND JAVA PLANTS
2000-02-20BACKYARD WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM FUN FOR ALL
2000-02-24JEFFERSON ISLAND TREE CROSS BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND BANANA SHRUB
2000-02-27MANGLIER TEA GOOD FOR FEVER, ACHES AND PAINS
2000-03-02BUTTERFLY ROSE BLOOMS ON BROADMOOR BOULEVARD
2000-03-05ITS TIME TO GATHER INTERESTING PLANTS FOR SPRING SWAP
2000-03-12WELL ESTABLISHED CALLA LILIES BLOOM ALMOST YEAR-ROUND
2000-03-16 INVITE HUMMERS WITH SHOWY CESTRUM AND ABUTILON
2000-03-23CHECK OUT THE FLAME AZALEA BLOOMING ON EAST BAYOU PARKWAY
2000-03-26WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE AMARYLLIS BULBS
2000-03-30NATIVE CROSS VINE CULTIVATED IN OLD SOUTHERN GARDENS
2000-04-02IS THIS THE BIGGEST BOUGAINVILLEA IN TOWN?
2000-04-06CAREFREE CALADIUMS A MOVEABLE FEAST
2000-04-09JOSHUA TREE AND LARGE BOUGAINVILLEA CO-HABIT
2000-04-13ENCHANTING ENCHANTMENT LILIES BEAT THE HEAT
2000-04-16PLANT EXCHANGE TREASURES FOR THE TAKING
2000-04-20TRAVEL BY BOAT TO SEE LATEST LOVELIEST BOUGAINVILLEA
2000-04-23PASSION FLOWER BELIEVED TO DEPICT CRUCIFIXION
2000-04-27SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD TREES SET EXOTIC FIRST BLOOM
2000-05-04GARBING THE NAKED ROSE VINE
2000-05-07SEARCHING FOR SHOOTING STARS BOTANICAL NAME
2000-05-11SHELL GINGERS BLOOM IS PROFUSE
2000-05-14CENTURY OAKS CAREFULLY MONITORED
2000-05-18WILD OLIVE TREE BLOOMS ON CHESTNUT STREET
2000-05-21MAINTAINING PERENNIALS-ONLY BED NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED
2000-05-25LIVELY YELLOW COREOPSIS MAKES A SHOW
2000-05-28COLUMNS SUGGESTIONS BRING THOUGHT-PROVOKING RESPONSE
2000-06-01HOLLYHOCKS ARE OLD-FASHIONED FAVORITES
2000-06-04PRESERVING AND MARKETING EUCALYPTUS BRANCHES
2000-06-08DEEPENING COLOR OF GARDEN HYDRANGEA BLOOM
2000-06-11FOR A LANDSCAPING PLANT, ITS HARD TO BEAT OLEANDER
2000-06-15PLUMERIAS IN BLOOM ARE SCENE-STEALERS AND TRAFFIC STOPPERS
2000-06-18SAGO PALM MAKES SPECTACULAR FLOWER
2000-06-22RUSTIC COLORS RUDBECKIA A PERENNIAL WORTH NOTING
2000-06-25READER SHARES HINTS FOR GROWING BLEEDING HEART VINE
2000-06-29BRIDES FAVORITE FLOWER IN FULL BLOOM
2000-07-06COULEE YIELDS TREASURE TROVE OF SPIDER LILIES
2000-07-09DROUGHT KNOCKING AT AREAS LAWNS AND GARDENS
2000-07-13GORGEOUS NIGHT-BLOOMERS SHARE COMMON NAMES
2000-07-16FLOWERING HOUSEPLANTS BRING BURST OF COLOR INDOORS
2000-07-20NUNS ORCHID ONE GORGEOUS PLANT
2000-07-23OLD FIG IVY VINE MAKES ITSELF AT HOME IN HOLLY TREE
2000-07-25HYACINTH BEAN VINE HAS BEEN A GARDEN FAVORITE SINCE THE 1880's
2000-07-27LOOK TO THE EXPERTS FOR CONTAINER GARDEN IDEAS
2000-07-30SEED ZINIAS INTO THE SOIL NOW AND HARVEST BOUQUETS UNTIL FROST
2000-08-03STUNNING LIME-GREEN BOSTON IVY CLIMBS PASADOS RESTAURANTS WALLS
2000-08-06CHINA BERRY TREE WAS UNIVERSAL FIXTURE IN SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES
2000-08-10HUMMERS AND GARDENERS ATTRACTED BY VIVIDLY HUED FLOWERS OF TRUMPET CREEPER
2000-08-13HARDINESS OF PALMS DEPENDS ON MANY FACTORS
2000-08-21MORE REMINISCENCES ABOUT CHINA BERRY/BALL TREE
2000-08-24SHOWY, LOVELY HEDYCHIUM BLOOMS FROM JUNE UNTIL FROST
2000-08-27SOME TIPS FOR MOVING GARDEN TREASURES TO A NEW LOCATION
2000-08-31FROM SHANTY GARDENS TO ANTEBELLUM ESTATES, CRINUMS ORNAMENT THE SOUTHERN LANDSCAPE
2000-09-07HOT TOPIC FOR HOT WEATHER IS BOUGAINVILLEAS
2000-09-10VINE-COVERED ARBOR JUST THE THING FOR SHADED SEATING AREA
2000-09-14FRAGRANT BULBS FOR THE DEEP SOUTH
2000-09-17 LAWN WINTERIZER MAKES IDEAL FERTILIZER FOR THOSE GORGEOUS HIBISCUS PLANTS
2000-09-21SUMMER 'TULIPS' ARE MORE PRACTICAL THAN THE REAL THING
2000-09-24POTTED CAST IRON PLANT WAS FAVORITE VICTORIAN INDOOR PLANT
2000-09-28DESK-TOP GARDENERS CULTIVATE WAR AND PEACE PLANT
2000-10-05GROWING OLD-FASHIONED LARKSPUR THE WAY MAMA TAUGHT ME
2000-10-08SOCIETY FOR LOUISIANA IRISES PUBLISHES NEW EDITION
2000-10-12RE-RUNNING SOME GARDENING IN ACADIANA FAVORITES
2000-10-15CONTINUING A SERIES ON SOME LANDMARK TREES OF ACADIANA
2000-10-19CHINESE PISTACHIO TREE BEARS BEST BERRIES AFTER COLD WINTER
2000-10-22DRAKE ELMS MAKE BEAUTIFUL STREET TREES
2000-10-26GROWING AN AVOCADO TREE
2000-10-29FEELING PASSIONATE ABOUT PLUMERIAS
2000-11-02WHETHER CASSIA OR ACACIA, THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN-BLOOMING PLANTS
2000-11-05SNAPDRAGONS ARE REWARDING GARDEN PLANTS
2000-11-09STATELY DUTCH IRIS IS THE EARLY BIRD OF THE SPRING GARDEN
2000-11-12ANGEL-WING BEGONIAS STAND TALL AND PROUD, PROMISING WINTER BLOOM IN PROTECTED PLACES
2000-11-16PUTTING 80 BOUGAINVILLEAS TO BED IS NO EASY TASK
2000-11-19NO DIGGING, NO TILLING, NO WEEDING, NO KIDDING!
2000-11-26SOME INSPIRED GIFTS FOR THE GARDENERS ON YOUR LIST
2000-11-30ANGELS TRUMPETS CONTINUE THROUGH FALL TO PRODUCE FABULOUS FLOWERS
2000-12-03JOEL POINSETT KNEW A GOOD THING WHEN HE SAW IT
2000-12-07POLYANTHA PRIMROSES BRING TOUCH OF SPRING IN WINTER
2000-12-10FEAST YOUR EYES ON A PANORAMA OF PANSIES
2000-12-14ELEGANT CYCLAMENS FLOWER INDOORS FROM CHRISTMAS TO EASTER
2000-12-17BRILLIANT LEAF COLOR IN ACADIANA MAKES FALL 2000 MEMORABLE
2000-12-21AFTER THE FIRST FREEZE, ARTIFICIAL NECTAR FEEDERS ARE HUMMINGBIRDS LIFELINE
2000-12-24DECORATE A HOLIDAY TREE WITH FOOD FOR THE BIRDS
2000-12-28ENCHANTING DANCING LADIES ARE DECORATIVE HO
2000-12-31IT SLEEPS, IT CREEPS, IT LEAPS; PATIENCE PAYS OFF WITH IVY

2001 (90 columns)
2001-01-04PLANTING HOLLIES SO BEAUTIFUL, SO HARD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM
2001-01-11HIP GARDENIA A SOUTHERN HEIRLOOM PLANT
2001-01-14THE WEATHER OUTSIDE WAS FRIGHTFUL
2001-01-18 SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR PLANTING AND CARING FOR DOGWOOD TREES
2001-01-21IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE IT NOW, BUT SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
2001-01-25BOSTON IVYS STUNNING LIME GREEN FOLIAGE WILL RETURN IN SPRING
2001-01-28SELECTING A VINE FOR STUCCO WALLS
2001-02-01JUST WHEN THE URBAN SCENE LOOKS BLEAKEST, MARDI GRAS MAPLE BLOOMS
2001-02-04TRACKING DOWN THE REAL SHASTA DAISY
2001-02-11SHEAR GROUNDCOVERS FOR LUSH FOLIAGE IN SPRING
2001-02-15JADE PLANT BLOOMS PROFUSELY EACH WINTER
2001-02-18FURRY FLOWERS BUDS UNFURL ON ARISTOCRATIC ORIENTAL MAGNOLIAS
2001-02-22IVY MAY BE ALIVE BUT NOT WELL WHEN GROWN AS HOUSEPLANT
2001-03-01CHINESE FRINGE FLOWER SETS GARDENS ABLAZE WITH COLOR
2001-03-01CHINESE FRINGE FLOWER SETS GARDENS ABLAZE WITH COLOR
2001-03-04READER FEARS BOMBARDMENT WITH APHIDS, FUNGI, AND THE LIKE
2001-03-08A FEW CLEMATIS VINES NEED HARD PRUNING IN LATE WINTER
2001-03-11OLD-FASHIONED SCOTCH BROOM SEEN MORE IN EUROPE THAN ACADIANA
2001-03-15WALKING IRIS GOOD FOR BASKETS AND GROUNDCOVER
2001-03-18LOOKING FOR SPELLS, RITUALS OR INCANTATIONS TO HELP YOUR GARDEN THRIVE?
2001-03-22OLD-FASHIONED SNOWBALL VIBURNUM ALIVE, WELL AND PRETTIER THAN EVER
2001-03-25TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN GARDENING PLANTS IN NEW COLLECTION
2001-04-01DIG A STATE OF THE ART GARDEN BED
2001-04-05 FINDING FLOWERS WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT THEM
2001-04-08LEAFLETS THREE, LET IT BE
2001-04-12BLACK LOCUST TREE'S LOVELY BLOOMS LOOK LIKE WISTERIA
2001-04-15SPECTACULAR FUCHIA STRAIGHT OUT OF FAIRY TALE
2001-04-19ROSARIAN MIKE HAMNER HAPPY TO TELL CULTIVATION DETAILS
2001-04-22HOLLY LEAF FERN MAKES FINE SHADE GROUNDCOVER
2001-04-26EUCALYPTUS TREES OFTEN GROWN FOR GRACEFUL FOLIAGE ARRANGEMENTS AND LASTING AROMA
2001-04-29SOME CANNAS WORTH GROWING PURELY FOR BEAUTY OF FOLIAGE
2001-05-03BECOMING A BELIEVER IN AJUSTING pH LEVEL
2001-05-06THIS PLANT TOPS THE LIST OF SURVIVORS
2001-05-11AWESTRUCK BY SPRING IN LONDON COUNTRYSIDE
2001-05-13MOTHERS DAY BRINGS RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY GARDENING LESSONS
2001-05-17MEETING MAMOU PLANTS EXTRAORDINARY RELATIVE
2001-05-20WOULD LIKE TO RESEARCH GARDENING QUESTIONS ON INTERNET
2001-05-24CONFRONTING AN OUT-OF-CONTROL SAGO PALM
2001-05-27VENERABLE LITTLE VITEX AS PRETTY AS EVER
2001-05-31GETTING TO KNOW THE OTHER LIGUSTRUM
2001-06-03USE COPPICING TO RECYCLE OLD CREPE MYRTLE TREES
2001-06-07PULL TRICKS OUT OF A HAT TO GROW DESERT ROSE
2001-06-14PHYTOPHTHORA SPELLS TROUBLE FOR PERIWINKLES
2001-06-17FROM WHENCE CAME THE WEIRD STUFF IN THE FLOWERPOT?
2001-06-21RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIGHTENING AND NITROGEN FERTILIZER
2001-06-24GARDENERS FACE PLANT PROBLEMS IN WAKE OF ALLISON
2001-06-28SOUTHERN MAGNOLIAS SHOWING EFFECTS OF THREE YEARS OF DROUGHT
2001-07-01LOOKING FOR RECIPE FOR MAMOU PLANT COUGH SYRUP
2001-07-05ITS EASY TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES TO A CONTAINER GARDEN
2001-07-08CREATING KNOT GARDENS
2001-07-12FOLLOWING THE SAGA OF THE STARFISH FLOWER
2001-07-15LUCKY BAMBOO A UNIQUE NOVELTY PLANT
2001-07-19YOUNG TEXAS WILD OLIVE TREE BLOOMS IN LAFAYETTE
2001-07-22WHY THE TREND TO GROW ANTIQUE PLANTS?
2001-07-26 IS TRANSPLANTING WORTH THE EFFORT?
2001-07-29WEEDS AND GARDENERS BATTLE IT OUT IN JULY
2001-08-02HARVESTING AND ROASTING SUNFLOWER SEEDS
2001-08-05START FOCUSING ON FALL BLOOMERS
2001-08-09 HERB GARDENS ARE POPULAR ADDITIONS TO GARDENING SCENE
2001-08-12APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR PROFESSIONAL GARDINER TRAINING
2001-08-16GROW IXORAS FOR GLOSSY GREEN FOLIAGE AND BRILLIANT COLOR
2001-08-19I CANT BELIEVE ITS OKRA!
2001-08-23CHERRY RED CREPE MYRTLE MAKES BOLD STATEMENT
2001-08-26BETTER LOOKING MULCH DOES A BETTER ALL-AROUND JOB
2001-09-06SOLD-OUT ENCORE AZALEAS RESULT OF LOUISIANA GARDENER'S DREAM
2001-09-09ITS TIME TO DIVIDE LOUISIANA IRISES
2001-09-13ORNAMETAL SWEET POTATO VINES POPULAR FOR LANDSCAPING
2001-09-16MYSTERY PLANT MAY BE CRAPE JASMINE
2001-09-20THIS FALL NOTABLE FOR NEW PLANTS, MOSTLY RED
2001-09-23 THIS LILY HAS A CLIMBING HABIT
2001-09-27MYSTERY PLANTS FLOWERS HAVE EXOTIC FRAGRANCE
2001-09-30NAKED LADIES MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE
2001-10-04SPICY SMELLS EVOKE MEMORIES
2001-10-07SOME BULBS NEED PRE-COOLING BEFORE FALL PLANTING
2001-10-11WINTER-WHITE FLOWERS AND ORANGE FRUIT MAKE LOQUAT CARE WORTHWHILE
2001-10-14PASS-ALONG POD YIELDS WHITE TRIPLE ANGELS TRUMPET BLOSSOM
2001-10-18SHOWY SUMMER HIBISCUS BLOOMS DEPEND ON WINTER CARE
2001-10-21BLOOM DECLINES WHEN AGAPANTHUS BED IS OVERCROWDED
2001-10-25GROW YOUR OWN PUMPKINS FOR FALL DISPLAYS
2001-10-28SUMMER PEACHES AND PLUMS WERE INCREDIBLY JUICY
2001-11-01FATSIA A GOOR YEAR-ROUND PLANT FOR SHADED ENTRYWAY OR PATIO
2001-11-05TREE-PLANTING IS A RICH, REWARDING EXPERIENCE IF YOURE PREPARED
2001-11-11THIS FICUS HAS TRIANGLE-SHAPED LEAVES
2001-11-15CLUSTERS OF LAVENDER TRUMPET-SHAPED FLOWERS CASCADE
2001-11-18TRADITIONAL ENGLISH IVY BURSTS INTO BLOOM
2001-11-22FLAME OF THE FOREST AND GOLDEN WONDER MAKE SPECTACULAR DISPLAY
2001-11-25DORSTENIA NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE
2001-12-02SPECTACULAR DAHLIAS GROW WELL IN ACADIANA
2001-12-09WHAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CROTONS BUT YOU DIDNT WANT TO LOOK DUMB
2001-12-16DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE MYSTERY PLANT?

2002 (105 columns)
2002-01-03GINKGO TREE ON CAMPUS BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
2002-01-06KAFIR LILY BEAUTIFUL IN BUD AND IN BLOOM
2002-01-10SAUCER MAGNOLIA BUDS WILL BE SPARED
2002-01-16HOLIDAY-BLOOMING CACTI NEED PROTECTION DURING WINTER
2002-01-17FLOWER CARPET CORAL IS 5TH ROSE IN A PINK POT
2002-01-20FRAGRANCE OF PAPERWHITE NARCISSUS LINGERS
2002-01-24PLANT FAST-GROWING TREES FOR SHORT-TERM SHADE
2002-01-25OLD GARDEN ROSES ARE TOUGH AND APPEALING
2002-01-25 JAPANESE MAPLES EXCEL IN SMALL GARDENS AND CONTAINERS
2002-01-31PLANNING FOR SHADY SUMMER CALADIUM BED
2002-02-03GIRARD PARK GARDEN TO BLOOM AGAIN
2002-02-07ACADIANAS FLOWERING CHERRY TREES MAKE ROSY SPLASH
2002-02-10PLANTING UNDER PECAN TREE PRESENTS DIFFICULTIES
2002-02-13LAVENDER-BLUE FLOWERS OF LOUISIANA PHLOX PUT ON SPRING SHOW
2002-02-14SOUTHERN CATALPA TREES CAN REACH A DIGNIFIED OLD AGE
2002-02-17EARLY SPRING IS A FINE TIME FOR DIVIDING DAYLILIES
2002-02-21GIVE RUSSIAN OLIVE HEDGE EXCELLENT DRAINAG
2002-02-24SPECULATING ON HOW THE CHICKEN TREE GOT ITS NAME
2002-02-28PLANTS ON FAMILY PROPERTY SURVIVE FOR MANY YEARS
2002-03-03WINDMILL PALM USUALLY HARDY WHERE OTHER PALMS ARENT
2002-03-07CHINESE LANTERN OR PUMPKIN TREE LOVELY IN CONTAINERS
2002-03-10SOUTHERN MAGNOLIAS SENSITIVE TO ROOT DISTURBANCE
2002-03-14CHINESE YELLOW BANANA ONCE THE WORLDS RAREST BANANA
2002-03-17TRYING SOME DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF PERENNIALS
2002-03-21EURYOPS CONTINUED TO BLOOM THROUGH FREEZING TEMPERATURES
2002-03-24LOCATING SOURCE OF MEDICINAL MANGLIER TEA
2002-03-28MEXICAN HEATHER FORMS DENSE GROUNDCOVER IN FULL SUN
2002-03-31BIG MAMOU TREE HAS MANY COMMON NAMES
2002-04-04GORGEOUS DESERT ROSE WELCOMES SPRING
2002-04-07TANGERINE BEAUTY VINE STOPS TRAFFIC ON BUSY CORNER
2002-04-11ENVIE FOR PLANT WITH CREAMY-YELLOW BLOOMS AND BANANA FRAGRANCE
2002-04-14SWEET OLIVE GROWS NICELY IN A CONTAINER
2002-04-14WALKING IRISES POP INTO BLOOM ON COOL APRIL DAYS
2002-04-25YELLOW FLAGS BLOSSOMS OUTSHONE BY BOLD, VIGOROUS FOLIAGE
2002-04-28CHINABERRY TREE BLOOMS WITH SWEET SCENTED LILAC FLOWERS
2002-05-02HARDY GLADIOLI SELLING FOR A PREMIUM PRICE
2002-05-05CONFEDERATE JASMINE VINE BLOOMS WITH GREAT PROFUSION
2002-05-09FRASIER PHOTINIA A BETTER CHOICE THAN RED-TIP PHOTINIA
2002-05-12SELECT DAYLILIES FOR LONG GROWING SEASON
2002-05-16VITEX TREES READY TO BLOOM ON ARNOULD BOULEVARD
2002-05-19TIME TO REDUCE SIZE OF LARGE GARDENIA
2002-05-23TOUCH-ME-NOT SEEDS AVAILABLE THROUGH SEED CATALOGS
2002-05-26ZIGZAG ORCHID CACTUS BLOOMS WITH COLORFUL FLOWERS
2002-05-30DOUBLE PURPLE ALTHEAS PRUNED INTO VERY PRETTY SHRUBS
2002-06-02PINK SPIRAEA MAKES A CHARMING SUMMER-BLOOMING SHRUB
2002-06-06GIVEN PLENTY OF LIME, BLUEBONNETS THRIVE IN TRUE TEXAS STYLE
2002-06-09AGGRESSIVE IRISES CROWD OTHERS FROM BEDS
2002-06-13SOMETIMES BETTER TO DIG UP A GOLDEN RAIN TREE THAN BUY ONE
2002-06-16DESPITE ITS DELICATE LOOKS, LISIANTHUS IS A TOUGH, EASY-CARE PLANT
2002-06-20GOLDEN BUTTERFLY VINE CLIMBS WALL AT LONGUE VUE
2002-06-23STEPHANOTIS NOT JUST FOR BRIDES
2002-06-27MAKING BOUGAINVILLEA BLOOM
2002-06-30REPLICATING THE HISTORIC MONTGOMERY-DENBO GARDEN
2002-07-04WILL BEAUTIFUL RHODODENDRONS GROW IN ACADIANA?
2002-07-07CAN VANILLA BEANS BE PRODUCED IN ACADIANA?
2002-07-11TROPICAL HIBISCUS WONDERFUL WHETHER PLANTED IN GROUND OR CONTAINER
2002-07-14NARROW-LEAF ZINNIAS MAKE A HIT WITH ACADIANA GARDENERS
2002-07-18DEEP PURPLE ANGELS TRUMPETS GROW FAST AND BLOOM QUICKLY
2002-07-21WILD OLIVE TREES TO BE AVAILABLE LOCALLY
2002-07-25HYACINTH BEAN VINE HAS BEEN A GARDEN FAVORITE SINCE THE 1880S
2002-07-28PERIWINKLES GOING TO POT
2002-08-01PRUNING CLIMBERS, RAMBLERS AND ONCE-BLOOMING ROSES
2002-08-04BILLOWY SWEET AUTUMN CLEMATIS ENVELOPES FENCES AND HEDGES
2002-08-08CONTROLLING LEAF SPOT ON HYDRANGEAS
2002-08-10PLANNING AND PLANTING FOR NEXT YEARS BUTTERFLY GARDEN
2002-08-15LOVELY, FAST-GROWING PRINCESS TREE NOT FOR PERMANENT SHADE
2002-08-17BLEEDING HEART VINE SOMETIMES SHY ABOUT BLOOMING
2002-08-22LOVELY CROWN-OF-THORNS REQUIRES DRY SOIL AND MINIMUM OF FERTILIZER
2002-08-24POT UP HANDSOME HOSTAS TO OUTWIT SLUGS AND SNAILS
2002-08-29CAREFREE MEXICAN PETUNIA PROVIDES LONG BLOOM PERIOD IN BEDS
2002-08-31BILLOWY BABYS BREATH BEST BOUGHT AT FLORISTS SHOPS
2002-09-05NATURALIZED CYPRESS VINE MAKES A PRETTY COVER FOR FENCES
2002-09-07LASAGNA GARDENING IS NEW NAME FOR OLD PLANTING METHOD
2002-09-12SPRING-BLOOMING AMARYLLIS BULBS ARE LOVELY ADDITION TO THE GARDEN
2002-09-14PLANT HANDSOME HOLLY FERN FOR GROUNDCOVER IN DRY SHADE
2002-09-19PINPOINTING THE PROBLEM OF THE NON-BLOOMING AGAPANTHUS
2002-09-21PLANT VARIOUS KINDS OF CALLA LILIES IN FALL
2002-09-26RANGOON CREEPERS BEAUTY LIES IN FLOWERS CHANGING COLORS
2002-09-28PYRACANTHA HAS TWO ATTRACTIVE SEASONS
2002-10-03PLUMERIAS BLOOMS DEPEND ON REGULAR APPLICATIONS OF FERTILIZER
2002-10-05WATER HYACINTHS ARENT ONLY WAY TO BLOCK ALGAE
2002-10-10SAVING UPROOTED CREPE MYRTLES
2002-10-12FALL PLANT SWAP AND MASTER GARDENER SALE DATE RESCHEDULED
2002-10-17DIVIDING CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS
2002-10-19SOME, BUT NOT MANY, SPRING BLOOMING BULBS WILL RETURN NEXT YEAR
2002-10-24HUMMINGBIRDS LOVE THE CURIOUS FLOWERS OF COLUMBINES
2002-10-26FRESH LEAFY FOLIAGE DISGUISES FADING LEAVES OF SPRING BULBS
2002-10-31LOVELY BOTTLEBRUSH SHRUBS CAN BE PRUNED AND STAKED
2002-11-02STRESS TRIGGERS BLOOMS OF LOVELY SAUCER MAGNOLIAS
2002-11-07LOOK TO THE MAYPOP VINE FOR PASSIONFLOWER FRUIT
2002-11-09DRAGON WING BEGONIAS ARE TOUGH AS THEY COME
2002-11-14PETUNIAS AND VERBENA MAKE A LOVELY FALL PLANTING
2002-11-16ELUSIVE MEXICAN WILD OLIVE TREES ARRIVE IN SMALL BATCHES
2002-11-21SPECTACULAR FALL-BLOOMING CASSIAS ARE ROOT-HARDY AND EASY TO GROW
2002-11-23Getting Magnolias To Bloom Is Not As Hard As You Think
2002-11-28THANKSGIVING (CRAB) CACTUS DISTINGUISHED BY CLAWS ON LEAF TIPS
2002-11-30PLANTING TULIPS CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS
2002-12-02GLORIOUS BLOOMING CROSSANDRA PLANTS WARM GARDENERS HEARTS
2002-12-05DISTINGUISHING CAMELLIA SASANQUAS FROM CAMELLIA JAPONICAS
2002-12-07TIME SPENT OUTDOORS IS KEY TO HEALTHY PEACE LILIES
2002-12-14MINIATURE MAIDENHAIR FERN PREFERS COOL OUTDOORS
2002-12-19CHOCOLATE SOLDIER QUESTION DRAWS INTERESTING RESPONSES
2002-12-21FOR BEAUTIFUL CANNAS NEXT SUMMER, CUT BACK AND DIVIDE NOW
2002-12-26BLOOMING SEQUENCE OF SPRING FLOWERING TREES
2002-12-28DIPLADENIA AND MANDEVILLA ARE ONE AND THE SAME

2003 (89 columns)
2003-01-02ANCIENT SAGO PALM MAKES LOVELY INDOOR FOLIAGE PLANT
2003-01-04JAPANESE APRICOT TOUGHER THAN MOST FLOWERING FRUIT TREES
2003-01-09GIVE AN ARMFUL OF ALSTROMERIA CUT FLOWERS AS A VALENTINE GIFT
2003-01-11LOOKING FOR TIPS FOR GROWING NORFOLK ISLAND PINE
2003-01-13LAVENDER-BLUE FLOWERS OF LOUISIANA PHLOX PUT ON SPRING SHOW
2003-01-16 HOLIDAY-BLOOMING CACTI NEED PROTECTION DURING WINTER
2003-01-18FINDING A SOURCE FOR SPRING-BLOOMING TREES
2003-01-23PLANTING A DOGWOOD TREE IN A ONCE-SHADY BACK YARD
2003-01-25 JAPANESE MAPLES EXCEL IN SMALL GARDENS AND CONTAINERS
2003-01-30BLOOMING CASSIA TREE IS A TRAFFIC-STOPPER
2003-02-01INDOMITABLE PETUNIAS IGNORE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
2003-02-06BLOOMING OF ORNAMENTAL PEAR TREE IS AN ANNUAL EVENT
2003-02-08TO FIND A SPECIFIC COLOR, SELECT NILE LILIES WHILE IN BLOOM
2003-02-13LAVENDER-BLUE FLOWERS OF LOUISIANA PHLOX PUT ON SPRING SHOW
2003-02-15GRANCY GRAYBEARD IS A BEAUTIFUL, SPRING-BLOOMING NATIVE
2003-02-20COMMON GARDEN VIOLETS ARE OFTEN MORE PESKY THAN PRETTY
2003-02-22AZALEA BLOOM DEPENDS ON VAGARIES OF ACADIANA WEATHER
2003-02-27SPIDER LILIES BLOOM IN A RAINBOW OF COLORS
2003-03-01 BREW A BATCH OF WILLOW TEA TO ROOT ROSE CUTTINGS
2003-03-06CHINESE FRINGE PLANTS MAKE AN EXCELLENT SCREEN
2003-03-08COAXING THE RELUCTANT BLOOMER
2003-03-13PUSSY WILLOWS STATELY RED STEMS BEAR SILKY PEARL-GRAY CATKINS
2003-03-15HYDRANGEAS EVOKE MEMORIES OF GRANDMOTHERS GARDEN
2003-03-20PREPARE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH WILDFLOWERS
2003-03-22YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW CHANGES COLOR DAILY
2003-03-29REPAIRING DAMAGE TO SAGO PALMS
2003-04-03HYACINTH BEAN VINE DISCOVERED BY NEW GENERATION OF GARDENERS
2003-04-05TENDING TO WIND-DAMAGED SAGO PALM
2003-04-12YELLOW LEAVES ON LOQUAT MAY BE MAKING WAY FOR SPRING FOLIAGE FLUSH
2003-04-17BLUE OR WHITE BLOSSOMS, GOLDEN BERRIES MAKE SPECTACULAR SHOW
2003-04-19CANT BEAT AGAPANTHUS FOR MOST IMPACT PER SQUARE-INCH
2003-04-24READER RATES CATALPA MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING SHADE TREE
2003-04-26SWEET BAY MAGNOLIA, SWAMP NATIVE, ADAPTS TO MOST SOILS
2003-05-03ARISTOCRATIC PURE WHITE CALLA LILIES ARE SPRING BEAUTIES
2003-05-10CHINESE PARASOL TREE USEFUL FOR PLANTING IN NARROW SPACES
2003-05-17BUDDLIA DAVIDII IS A FAVORITE OF BUTTERFLIES
2003-05-24KEEPING OLEANDERS BEAUTIFUL
2003-05-31 NEW CREPE MYRTLES COME IN A VAST ARRAY OF SIZES AND COLORS
2003-06-05PROPAGATING THE SPECTACULAR BOUGAINVILLEA
2003-06-07CHECK OUT THIS CHECK LIST TO GET NILE LILIES TO BLOOM
2003-06-12PERUVIAN LILY HAS ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE AS WELL AS FLOWERS
2003-06-14DAZZLING ANNUAL ANGELS TRUMPET EASY TO REPRODUCE
2003-06-19CANT BEAT SHRUBBY LANTANAS FOR SUMMER FLOWERING
2003-06-21ELDERBERRY BLOSSOMS, BERRIES AND LEAVES USEFUL
2003-07-03PASSION FLOWER PARTS NAMED BY EARLY JESUITS MISSIONARIES
2003-07-05TAMING AN OVER-GROWN, OUT-OF-BOUNDS WISTERIA
2003-07-10AFRICAN, OR BUTTERFLY, IRIS MAY THRIVE AS WATER PLANT
2003-07-12RESTRAINING A MONSTER WISTERIA
2003-07-17AUTUMN JOY SEDUM CLAIMS TO BE FOUR-SEASON PERENNIAL
2003-07-19VOLUPTUOUS, VELVETY TUBEROUS BEGONIAS FILL SHADY SPACES
2003-07-24THESE AZALEAS PROVIDE AN ENCORE FALL BLOOM
2003-07-26IDENTIFYING TREASURED HEIRLOOM SPRING-BLOOMING BULBS
2003-07-31CUT BACK LUSH FOLIAGE OF HIDDEN GINGER LILY TO ENJOY BLOOMS
2003-08-02LOTS OF LIME MAKE TEXAS BLUEBONNETS BLOOM IN ACADIANA
2003-08-07WAIT UNTIL WINTER TO TRANSPLANT MOTHERS ROSE GARDEN
2003-08-09"PASSALONG PLANTS" AUTHOR IS PLAYING OUR SONG IN NEW BOOK
2003-08-14GINGERS STAR AS TULIP LOOK-ALIKES
2003-08-16WEED ALERT! INVASIVE VINE A SERIOUS THREAT TO GULF COAST NATIVES
2003-08-21PLANT DECORATIVE DAHLIAS IN EARLY SUMMER FOR FALL BLOOM
2003-08-23OLD-TIME BUTTON BUSH HAD MEDICINAL VALUE
2003-08-23DIVIDE CROWDED LILIES OF THE NILE IMMEDIATELY AFTER BLOOM
2003-08-28GARDENERS SWEAR BY A VARIETY OF METHODS TO BRING CEREUS TO BLOOM
2003-09-04SUMMER-FLOWERING PLUMERIAS NEED WINTER DORMANCY
2003-09-06NOVEL LIPSTICK PLANT CASCADES FROM A HANGING BASKET
2003-09-18WEEPING MINIATURE CREPE MYRTLES MAKE CHARMING BASKETS
2003-09-20FALL COLORS FADE INTO RICH GREENS AND BARE BONES OF WINTER
2003-09-25DIVIDE AND TRANSPLANT TROPICALS AFTER DANGER OF FROST
2003-09-27MYSTERY PLANT HAS THORNS, FLOWERS AND EDIBLE FRUIT
2003-10-02RED SPIDER LILIES ARE A FALL TRADITION
2003-10-04RAIN LILIES PRETTY IN BORDERS AND CONTAINERS
2003-10-09CREAMY-YELLOW NATIVE VINE LOOKS LIKE A MINIATURE MAYPOP
2003-10-11LOTUS PODS HAVE LONG AND INTERESTING HISTORY
2003-10-16GOLDEN SWEET OLIVE PUTS ON DRAMATIC FALL SHOW
2003-10-23TRANSPLANTED GOLDENROD MAKE LOVELY GARDEN ADDITION
2003-10-25CYPRESS KNEES POP UP ON DRY LAND AS WELL AS IN THE SWAMPS
2003-10-30LET HEALTHY GREEN FOLIAGE REMAIN ON AMARYLLIS
2003-11-01HARDY BEGONIAS WERE COMMON IN OLD GARDENS
2003-11-06BLUE PHLOX MAKES A NICE BORDER FOR PERENNIAL BEDS
2003-11-13CAMELLIAS JAPONICA AND SASANQUA HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS
2003-11-20SOME MYSTERY QUESTIONS TO BEMUSE AND AMUSE
2003-11-22CHINESE SNOWBALL CLUSTERS SOMETIMES SLOW IN COMING
2003-11-29GOLDEN CASSIA BLOSSOMS ARE AN ANNUAL OCTOBER TREAT
2003-12-04PROTECTING THOSE BEAUTIFUL BLOOMING HIBISCUS PLANTS
2003-12-06DID THANKSGIVING CACTI GOBBLE UP CHRISTMAS CACTI?
2003-12-11REPLACING A HEDGE OF RED TIPS: A QUESTION OF NAME CONFUSION
2003-12-18JAPANESE VIBURNUM IS A COMMON NAME FOR SEVERAL PLANTS
2003-12-25VINE PRODUCES DECORATIVE RED BERRIES AND INTRIGUING SEEDS
2003-12-27POINSETTIAS BRING BEAUTY TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON
2003-13-03REMOVE DRIED SEED PODS ON CREPE MYRTLE TREES

2004 (48 columns)
2004-01-01BRILLIANTLY COLORED BEDDING PLANTS THRIVE IN SUNNY MILD WINTERS
2004-01-08VIGOROUS SPIDER PLANT PROBABLY WAS BLACKIE
2004-01-10RICHLY VARIEGATED BURGUNDY GLO AJUGA THRIVES IN SHADY BED
2004-02-07ARGENTINE TRUMPET VINE REQUIRES STRONG SUPPORT
2004-02-14TUCKED-IN TOPICAL PLANTS RIDE OUT ACADIANA WINTER
2004-02-21LIVE OAKS AND HOLLIES ENHANCE CAMELLIA BOULEVARD
2004-02-28BREATHTAKING ORNAMENTAL PEAR IN BLOOM
2004-03-06LOCATING LAURUSTINUS AT LONG LAST
2004-03-13CAJUN HIBISCUS VARIETIES COME FROM THE BANKS OF THE BAYOU
2004-03-20TINY PERENNIAL WILDFLOWERS BLOOM IN VERY EARLY SPRING
2004-03-27TANGERINE BEAUTY VINE IS A SHOW-STOPPER
2004-04-10BLUEBONNETS THRIVE IN ACADIANA GARDEN
2004-04-17PRUNE BACK WEAK OLEANDER STEMS TO PROMOTE STURDY PLANT
2004-04-24BLOOMING FRASIERS PHOTINIA A SPECTACULAR STREET TREE
2004-05-01PRINCESS TREE PRODUCES ORNAMENTAL FLOWERS AND PRIZED WOOD
2004-05-01THIS LOVELY OLD-TIME NATIVE BLOOMS FOR DECADES
2004-05-15BIENNIAL HOLLYHOCK GROWS QUICKLY DURING THE SECOND YEAR
2004-05-22ELEGANT NUNS HOOD ORCHID IS VIGOROUS BOG PLANT
2004-05-29SPIDERWORT IS PRETTY TO LOOK AT AND EASY TO GROW
2004-06-05ROBINIA? ROBINIA? ROBINIA WHO?
2004-06-12SUMMER POINSETTIA DISPLAYS DRAMATIC COLORS
2004-06-19GARDENER TRACTS DOWN ANGELONIA ON E-MAIL SEARCH
2004-06-26TROPICAL CORAL TREE GROWS FROM SEEDS
2004-07-03ITS BEST TO GROW CASHMERE BOUQUET IN A CONTAINER
2004-07-10EXOTIC HOYA BLOOMS LOOK TOO PERFECT TO BE REAL
2004-07-17MOTHER-OF-THOUSANDS BLOOMS IN LONG-LASTING CLUSTERS
2004-07-31BLOOMING DESERT ROSE MAKES THE WAIT WORTHWHILE
2004-08-07TWO EXOTIC CRINUMS DISPLAY BLOOMS OF ROSE BURGUNDY AND RED AND WHITE STRIPE
2004-08-14VINES DRAMATIC BLOSSOMS AND LUSTROUS FOLIAGE MAKE GREAT COVER
2004-08-21 RAIN LILIES GROW FASTER AND BLOOM MORE PROFUSELY WHEN CROWDED
2004-08-28MYSTERY PLANT PRODUCES FLOWERS DIRECTLY FROM THE TRUNK
2004-09-04CLIMBING LILIES GLOW FROM TOP OF HEDGE
2004-09-11RUELLIA, LIKE MANY PLANTS, MAY REVERT TO ORIGINAL FORM
2004-09-18VISIT IRA S. NELSON HORTICULTURE CENTER WEB SITE
2004-09-25CRAPE JASMINE SOMETIMES CONFUSED WITH CAPE JASMINE
2004-10-02DURANTAS BLOSSOMS AND BERRIES BRIGHTEN FALL GARDENS
2004-10-09JUICY GRAPEFRUITS GROW IN LAFAYETTE BACKYARD
2004-10-16MAXIM AND CRYSTAL BOWL PANSIES HANDLE ACADIANA WEATHER EXTREMES
2004-10-23DAINTY CATS WHISKERS ATTRACTS BEES, BUTTERFLIES AND HUMMINGBIRDS
2004-10-30MAMOU PLANTS, BOTH NATIVE AND EXOTIC, DRAW ATTENTION
2004-11-06BUTTERFLY VINE MAKES COLORFUL ADDITION TO FENCE OR TRELLIS
2004-11-13STOP BY TO ADMIRE WHITE ROSA-DE-MONTANA VINE
2004-11-20SKY BLUE FLOWERS ON A WOODEN FENCE ATTRACT ATTENTION
2004-11-27ONLY A MAD SCIENTIST COULD DESIGN SKYROCKET PLANT
2004-12-04Cyclamens flourish outdoors with pansies and others
2004-12-11GOLD AND SILVER MUMS FOLIAGE IS REASON ENOUGH TO GROW IT
2004-12-18PERKY EURYOPES UNDAUNTED BY COLD, GLOOMY WEATHER
2004-12-25BLOOMING TROPICAL TREE MAKES THE HOLIDAY SEASON FESTIVE

2005 (54 columns)
2005-01-01SPECTACULAR RED PASSION VINE NOT AS HARDY AS THE NATIVES
2005-01-02JANUARY GARDENING ACADIANA GARDENING : A January Gardening Calendar for the Gulf South
2005-01-02 ACADIANA GARDENING : A January Gardening Calendar for the Gulf South
2005-01-08YAUPON HOLLIES ARE USEFUL AS ORNAMENTALS AND NUTRITIOUS FOR WILDLIFE
2005-01-15DELICATE BLUE BUTTERFLY FLOWER THRIVES WITH WINTER PROTECTION
2005-01-22MONDO GRASS LEAVES NEARLY HIDE TINY FLOWER SPIKES
2005-01-29BERRY-LADEN DECIDUOUS HOLLIES STEAL THE SHOW
2005-02-05GARDENING IN ACADIANA A February Calendar
2005-02-12BREATHTAKING SAUCER MAGNOLIA BUDS HAVE SOME FREEZE PROTECTION
2005-02-19LOOK FOR TUMERIC AMONG THE GINGERS IN TROPICAL PLANT NURSERIES
2005-02-26ROSY PURPLE GROUND ORCHID DISTINCTIVE IN SHADY BORDER
2005-03-05A MARCH GARDENING CALENDAR
2005-03-12FRAGRANT SWEET-PEA LIKE BLOOMS TRAIL AMIDST GLOSSY FOLIAGE
2005-03-19BRAZILIAN RED CLOAK BRINGS BUCKS FOR HORTICULTURE CENTER
2005-03-26BRAZILIAN RED CLOAK GROWN FROM CUTTINGS
2005-04-05 AN APRIL GARDENING CALENDAR
2005-04-09DRAMATIC RED PASSIONFLOWER VINE NOT AS HARDY AS SOME
2005-04-16FABULOUS HYBRIDS PRODUCED BY CROSSING 5 NATIVE LOUISIANA IRISES
2005-04-23PRETTY, PESKY WILD VINE BLOOMS HIGH IN THE TREETOPS
2005-04-30LOCATING THE ELUSIVE LAURA BUSH PETUNIA
2005-05-07VISIT DRAMATIC FLOWERING PRINCESS TREE NEXT SPRING
2005-05-14VISIT DRAMATIC FLOWERING PRINCESS TREE NEXT SPRING
2005-05-21NATIVE SHADE TREE HAS BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE AND EXOTIC BLOOMS
2005-05-28PINEAPPLE GUAVA IS A HANDSOME LANDSCAPE SPECIMEN
2005-06-04A JUNE GARDENING CALENDER
2005-06-11BREATHTAKING ANGELS TRUMPETS CAN BE ANNUALS OR PERENNIALS
2005-06-18PERENNIAL BULBS BLOOM WITH IN SPRING WITH IRIS-LIKE FLOWERS
2005-06-25COMPLEX PARTS OF PASSION VINE FLOWER SEEN AS SYMBOLS
2005-07-02A JULY GARDENING CALENDER
2005-07-09TWO NATIONAL AWARDS WON BY ACADIANA HIBISCUS MEMBER
2005-07-16TEXAS STAR LOOKS GREAT PLANTED AGAINST A FENCE
2005-07-23SUMMER SHOWER BRINGS FRESH PINK AND WHITE RAIN LILIES
2005-07-30CRYBABY TREE, PINEAPPLE GUAVA, NEW BOOK, ALL AT ONCE
2005-08-02STATELY SIAM TULIPS ARE ACTUALLY EASY-CARE GINGERS
2005-08-06A SEPTEMBER GARDENING CALENDAR
2005-08-13SPECTACULAR DURANTA NEEDS MULCH AND PROTECTION TO THRIVE
2005-08-27PRUNE MOST FRENCH HYDRANGEAS NOW; CHECK ON NEW CULTIVARS
2005-09-05FALL PLANT SWAP PROMISES USUAL FUN AND GOOD TRADES
2005-09-17FRUIT OF EGG GOURD VINE LOOKS A LOT LIKE CHICKEN EGGS
2005-09-24PLANT SALE, SWAP POSTPONED; TIME FOR A NEW MYSTERY PLANT
2005-10-01AN OCTOBER GARDENING CALENDAR
2005-10-08KAFIR LILYS BRIGHT RED SEEDS SPROUT EASILY
2005-10-15BLOOMS OF JAMACIAN FIRE BUSH ATTRACT HUMMINGBIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES
2005-10-22 BUTTERFLY VINES EXTRAORDINARY PODS DELIGHTFUL IN FALL
2005-10-29HURRICANE LILY BLOOMS AT APPROPRIATE TIME
2005-11-05A NOVEMBER GARDENING CALENDAR
2005-11-12HURRICANE DAMAGE DIDNT DETER CASSIA FROM BLOOMING
2005-11-19CONFEDERATE ROSE TREES ESPECIALLY GORGEOUS THIS YEAR
2005-11-26PETUNIAS ARE A CHARMING SOURCE OF COLOR IN COOL WEATHER
2005-12-03LEND A FESTIVE AIR WITH WREATHS, SWAGS AND OTHER GREENERY: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER
2005-12-10MAKING A DAYLILY BED GORGEOUS
2005-12-17CLUE TO MYSTERY PLANT IS ITS EXQUISITE TRUE FLOWERS
2005-12-24LATE WINTER BLOOMS MAKE NUNS ORCHID A CHOICE GIFT
2005-12-31EXQUISITE HOLIDAY CACTUS PLANTS PROVIDE WINTER COLOR

2006 (47 columns)
2006-01-07JANUARY GARDENING CALENDER
2006-01-14SPIDERY ST. JOSEPH'S CRINUM POPULAR IN OLD GARDENS
2006-01-21SPECTACULAR SKYFLOWER VINE NEEDS STRONG SUPPORT
2006-01-28PURPLE DAWN CAMELLIA: SPECTACULAR, STATELY AND STURDY
2006-02-04A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY IN ACADIANA
2006-02-11PAPERWHITE NARCISSUS PROVIDES BREATH OF SPRING
2006-02-18TINY SNOW-WHITE BELL-SHAPED FLOWERS HAVE SUBTLE, SWEET FRAGRANCE
2006-02-25CLIMBING ROSES BLOOM ATOP HEALTHY TALL CANES
2006-03-04A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR MARCH
2006-03-11NATIVE FLOWERING CRABAPPLE BLOOMS ARE BREATHTAKING
2006-03-18RARE AND BEAUTIFUL FLOWER REALLY LOOKS LIKE A SHAVING BRUSH
2006-04-01RAINBOW-HUED LOUISIANA IRISES CAN BE GROWN UNDER ORDINARY GARDEN CONDITIONS
2006-04-08BEAUTIFUL CHINESE FRINGE TREES PLANTED IN LARGE NUMBERS
2006-04-15COMMON NAMES ARE SOURCE OF BOTH DELIGHT AND CONFUSION
2006-04-22REMEMBERING SOUVENIR DE MME LEONIE VIENNOT
2006-04-29WHERE IS SPRING-BLOOMING WHITE BRIDAL-WREATH SPIREA?
2006-05-06A MAY GARDENING CALENDER
2006-05-13SUPRISED BY GINGER'S BLOOM
2006-05-20EXPERIMENTING WITH COSMOS
2006-05-27FRAME DIVINE DAYLILIES WITH SOME EVERGREEN SUPPORT
2006-06-03A JUNE GARDENING CALENDER
2006-06-10NEED HOME REMEDIES FOR TROUBLED HIBISCUS
2006-06-17TEXAS MOUTAIN LAUREL BLOOMS WITH A HEADY FRAGRANCE
2006-06-24HIBISCUS HUES ARE BREATHTAKING
2006-07-01A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JULY
2006-07-15HARVESTING FRUIT FROM GORGEOUS GUAVA
2006-07-22TULIP LOOK-ALIKES IN SPECTACULAR BLOOM
2006-07-29SPECTACULAR NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS PERFUMES THE AIR
2006-08-05TRY CANNAS FOR A RAINBOW OF FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR AUGUST
2006-08-12KEEP BLEEDING HEART VINE SHRUBBY
2006-08-19POTTED CALADIUMS TRAVEL NICELY
2006-09-02A GARDENING CALENDER FOR SEPTEMBER
2006-09-09MOST YARDS CONTAIN THIS MYSTERY PLANT
2006-09-14PANSIES MUST BE HEAT TOLERANT AS WELL AS COLD-HARDY
2006-09-16JACOBINA IS COLORFUL SHADE-LOVER
2006-09-23SPIDER LILIES SPRING UP WHEN LEAST EXPECTED
2006-09-30PRESENTING UNUSUAL PASSIFLORA
2006-10-07A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER:
2006-10-21VERY SHOWY MYSTERY PLANTS BLOOM AT 12 FEET TALL
2006-10-28MOST BUTTERFLIES ENJOY SWARMING AROUND THE BUTTERFLY WEED PLANT
2006-11-04EXOTIC DOUBLE DATURA IS AN EYE-CATCHER
2006-11-11RIC RAC, ZIG ZAG, WHATEVER ITS GORGEOUS
2006-11-18RECYCLING ALL SAINTS CHRYSANTHEMUMS
2006-12-02ANGELS TRUMPETS BLAST IN THE CHILLY AIR: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER
2006-12-09YULETIDE SASANQUA A HOLIDAY FAVORITE
2006-12-16FRILLY JACOBENIA BLOOMS BRAVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES
2006-12-23REBLOOMING POINSETTIAS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD

2007 (39 columns)
2007-01-06REVELRY BEGINS WITH BLOOM OF MARDI GRAS MAPLE: A JANUARY GARDENING CALENDAR
2007-01-13YOU HAVE A ZZ WHAT?
2007-01-20SOME GUIDELINES FOR PRUNING KNOCK OUT ROSES
2007-01-28MYSTERY PLANT PHOTOGRAPHED IN LONDON
2007-02-03ENJOY THE RICH BEAUTY OF WINTER HUES: A FEBRUARY GARDENING CALENDAR
2007-02-10BLUE SKIES AND EXQUISITE FLOWERS PROMISE SPRING AHEAD
2007-02-17LANDCAPING A BALCONY ALLOWS FOR LUSH CREATIVITY
2007-02-24NAMELESS, THORNLESS LOUISIANA ROSE SET IN KATRINA FUNDRAISER
2007-03-03SPRING STARTS EARLY IN ACADIANA: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR MARCH
2007-03-10SALMON-COLORED BEAUTY HAS DOUBLE BLOOM POWER
2007-03-17EXOTIC FLOWER HARDLY NOTICED ON FAMILIAR PLANT
2007-03-24CUTTING FROM HISTORIC TREE BLOOMS
2007-03-31CLIVIA BLOOMS LIKE GIANT FIREWORKS
2007-04-07DOGWOOD LOOKALIKE PERFUMES THE AIR: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR APRIL
2007-04-08FOR ATTRACTIVE SHADE IN A HURRY, CONSIDER ARIZONA ASH
2007-04-21ELEPHANTS EARS BLOOM WITH GOLDEN SPATHES LIKE PEACE LILIES
2007-04-28GORGEOUS GERANIUMS GROW BEST IN SMALL CONTAINERS
2007-05-012FRAME DIVINE DAYLILIES WITH SOME EVERGREEN SUPPORT
2007-05-05LOUISIANA IRISES BLOOM IN A RAINBOW OF COLORS: A GARDEN CALENDAR FOR MAY
2007-05-19GORGEOUS MAYPOP VINES PRODUCE EDIBLE EGG-SHAPED FRUIT
2007-05-26NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS EASY TO SALVAGE
2007-06-02LOUISIANAS NATIVE WILDFLOWERS CAN TAKE THE HEAT: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JUNE
2007-06-09BEAUTIFUL PASSION VINE BLOOMS NOTED
2007-06-16BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS IDENTIFIED AS BLOOD LILY
2007-06-23SAYING GOODBYE TO MARSHALLS NURSERY IS HARD TO DO
2007-06-30DAY-BLOOMING EPIPHYLLUM HYBRIDS FLOWER IN FANTASTIC COLORS
2007-07-07HIBISCUS TOPS OTHER SUMMER-FLOWERING TROPICALS: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JULY
2007-07-14PEDILANTHUS IS AN OLD-TIME COTAINER PLANT WITH LOTS OF NAMES
2007-07-21BUTTERFLY-LIKE SEED PODS AND YELLOW BLOSSONS BEAUTIFUL IN SUMMER AND AUTUMN
2007-07-28KEEP AZALEA BEAUTIES IN BOUNDS WITHOUT RUINING THEIR LOOKS
2007-07-29SHOWY SUMMER POINSETTIAS RESEED REGULARLY
2007-08-04EXQUISITE ELDERBERRY FLOWERS BELIE THEIR WEEDY NATURE: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR AUGUST
2007-08-11ST. JOSEPH LILIES BEAUTIFUL, TOUGH AND RESILIENT
2007-08-18DAZZLING RED BIRD OF PARADISE SIZZLES IN THE HEAT
2007-08-25BEAUTIFUL BILLOWING BLUE PLUMBAGOS NOT SHY
2007-09-01 ORANGE BERRIES OF DURANTA SET FALL STAGE: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER
2007-09-08GORGEOUS KNOCKOUT ROSES RESISTANT, BUT NOT IMMUNE TO, DISEASE
2007-09-15FALL WINDOW BOX A WINNER
2007-09-22PLANT MYSTERY FOR THE SEPTEMBER SLEUTH

2008 (50 columns)
2008-01-05JANUARY GARDENING CALENDAR: GARDENERS TEMPTED BY NEW KNOCK OUT ROSES
2008-01-12STUNTING PAPERWHITES WITH A NIP OF BOOZE
2008-02-09TRANSITION PLANTS CHEER US DURING UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER
2008-02-16ON THE TRAIL OF KANGAROO PAWS: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY
2008-02-23BELLS OF IRELAND AND CURLY WILLOW DRAW INTEREST AT SHOW
2008-03-01FOLLOWING UP ON SPRING-BLOOMING BULBS
2008-03-08LEGENDARY BREEDER OF ENGLISH ROSES OFFERS CLIMATE SPECIFIC PLANTS
2008-03-15ORNAMENTAL PEAR TREES PROVIDE FOUR SEASONS OF BEAUTY
2008-03-22PINK SHOWERS JOINS RANKS OF TRADITIONAL CONFEDERATE JASMINE VARITIES
2008-03-29ORNAMENTAL CAESALPINIAS RESPROUT AND BLOOM QUICKLY
2008-04-05 LOUISIANA IRISES ARE EXOTIC ACCENTS IN THE LANDSCAPE: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR APRIL
2008-04-12LOOK FOR THE NUN WITH HER HEAD BOWED IN PRAYER
2008-04-19MYSTERY PLANT GLOWS WITH DRAMATIC COLOR IN FILTERED LIGHT OR SHADE
2008-04-26HOW TEENY TINY GARDEN TURNED INTO LARGE SCALE
2008-05-10FREE, RECYCLED PLANTS MAKE FINE ADDITIONS TO THE LANDSCAPE
2008-05-17BLOOM CAN BE RENEWED ON BEAUTIFUL ST. JOSEPH LILIES
2008-05-24WALKING IRIS GORGEOUS AS EVERGREEN GROUNDCOVER OR BASKET PLANT
2008-05-31BLOOMING SPIKES OF VITEX PROVIDE DRAMATIC COLOR IN SUMMER
2008-05-31BREATHTAKING ANGEL’S TRUMPETS CAN BE ANNUALS OR PERENNIALS
2008-06-14HUMMINGBIRD PLANT WAS SOURCE OF FLU AND COLD REMEDIES
2008-06-14HUMMINGBIRD PLANT WAS SOURCE OF FLU AND COLD REMEDIES
2008-06-21RED CLOVER ISN’T AS RED AS CRIMSON CLOVER
2008-06-28WEIRD MYSTERY PLANT IS JUST AWFUL
2008-07-07CREPE MYRTLES CAN PRODUCE SECOND BLOOM: JULY GARDENING CALENDAR
2008-07-08BLOOMING SAGO PALM PRODUCES MULTIPLE CONE-SHAPED ‘FLOWERS’: A JUNE GARDENING CALENDAR
2008-07-12TRIM FADED FLOWERS FROM BLEEDING HEART VINE
2008-07-19CUT BACK RUDBECKIAS FOR SECOND BLOOM CYCLE
2008-07-26THIS FRESH TEA APPEALS TO PLANTS, NOT PEOPLE
2008-08-02TRY CANNAS FOR A RAINBOW OF FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR AUGUST
2008-08-09BUD DROP ON HIBISCUS COULD BE CAUSED BY HEAT STRESS
2008-08-16HEAVY CROP OF BANANA SHRUB SEEDS NOTED
2008-08-23PINK JACOBINIA BLOOMS FROM MID-SUMMER THROUGH FALL
2008-08-30MYSTERY PLANT HAS HEAVENLY FRAGRANCE
2008-09-06EXOTIC CLIMBING LILES SET THE STAGE FOR FALL BLOOM: GARDENING CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER
2008-09-13AMARANTHUS GROWN FOR BRILLIANT FOLIAGE IN SUMMER AND FALL
2008-09-13AMARANTHUS GROWN FOR BRILLIANT FOLIAGE IN SUMMER AND FALL
2008-09-20PATIO COMPOSTER TURNS TRASH INTO TREASURE
2008-09-27ORANGE AND COBALT BLUE PLUMES TOP EXOTIC “BIRD”
2008-10-04PROTECT SHELL GINGER IN WINTER TO ENJOY BREATHTAKING SUMMER BLOOM
2008-10-11WHY NOT PLANT PERENNIALS ONLY?
2008-10-18SOUTHERN GOLDEN RAIN TREES BLOOM LAVISHLY IN AUTUMN
2008-10-25CLEVER SLEUTHING IDENTIFIES MIRACULOUS FLOWER
2008-11-01NIGHT-BLOOMING JESSAMINE SPREADS INTENSE FRAGRANCE: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER
2008-11-08HELPING ANGEL’S TRUMPETS SURVIVE WINTER
2008-11-15SPIKES OF CREAMY-YELLOW FLOWERS APPEAR ON FOLIAGE PLANT
2008-11-22FRAGRANT SWEET OLIVE ADAPTS WELL TO CONTAINER CULTURE
2008-12-06MYSTERY PLANT LOOKS LIKE IT’S DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS: A GARDENING CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER
2008-12-13SNOWFALL BROUGHT SCENERY; WELCOME MOISTURE
2008-12-20CREPE MYRTLES WITH INDIAN NAMES OFTEN HAVE VIVID FOLIAGE
2008-12-27CAJUN HIBISCUS COLLECTION IS A THRIVING INDUSTRY

2009 (4 columns)
2009-01-03FATSIA’S WINTER-WHITE FLOWERS BURST LIKE SPARKLERS
2009-01-10BLOOMING FASHION AZALEAS ORNAMENT JEFFERSON STREET
2009-01-17TRAINING LUCKY BAMBOO REQUIRES PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE
2009-01-24LOCATING AND TRANSPLANTING MORNING GLORY TREE