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Succulents

If you have a tendency to forget to water and otherwise “abuse” your plants, succulents are for you. A succulent is a plant that retains water and has thick, fleshy water storage organs. Succulents store water in their leaves, their stems or their roots. You are probably familiar with cactus, aloe and agave. There are hundreds more lovely succulents available around town when you start to look. It is addictive.

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Garden club to host guest speaker at Phelan Mansion

Bart Brechter, curator of Bayou Bend Gardens in Houston, will be the guest speaker at the upcoming Magnolia Garden Club “Bounties of Black Gold” Flower Show. His topic will be organic gardening, a technique he has used to transform Bayou Bend Gardens into “the state’s only formal organic public garden.” His work with the River Oaks Garden Club has helped to maintain the integrity of Bayou Bend Gardens as Ms.

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Sago palms from pups

The sago palm plant is one of the most primitive living seed plants around today. You can recognize it by its rough trunk, topped with feathered rugged leaves. Although nicknamed sago palm, it is actually related to conifers and the ginkgo tree. According to Lynn McKamey of Rhapis Gardens, all cone bearing plants trace their origins back to the ancient flora of the early Mesozoic era.

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