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Luminary Sunset Coral creates a new phlox fanatic

In mid-May the garden starts to show its potential with Luminary Sunset Coral phlox, Heart to Heart Bottle Rocket caladiums and Royal Hawaiian Maui Gold elephant ears. Photo and design by James Winter

The first week of June shows the Heart to Heart Bottle Rocket caladiums growing at a rapid pace but, Luminary Sunset Coral is also reaching its 30-inch height.

Luminary Sunset Coral tall garden phlox (pictured here) with Heart to Heart Bottle Rocket caladium and Royal Hawaiian Maui Gold elephant ear will make its debut in 2023.

Looking over this wall with orange impatiens and Superbena Whiteout verbena and through the Red Abyssinian banana, shows Luminary Ultraviolet, Luminary Sunset Coral and Pyromania torch lilies welcoming the morning sun. Photos by Norman Winter

The end of June shows Heart to Heart Bottle leaves are huge giving a hand painted look echoing the color of Luminary Sunset Coral tall garden Phlox.

Luminary Sunset Coral creates a new phlox fanatic

Sun, 07/10/2022 - 5:00am

Luminary Sunset Coral has turned The Garden Guy into a full-blown phlox fanatic. This rousing color would probably remind you of some electrifying lipstick or fingernail polish, a most rare color in the plant world.

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“Here’s the universal truth: the dive is essentially a conversation that has been going on for a long time. It’s going to go on after you leave... but the bar itself is an ongoing conversation,” said author Anthony Head about the timelessness of dive bars like San Marcos’ own Showdown, pictured above. Photo by Celeste Cook

Long Live the Dive

Sun, 07/10/2022 - 5:00am

It’s 11:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, and a handful of regulars cluster together at the bar of Showdown, grabbing beers and maybe some lunch while “Mission Impossible” plays soundlessly on the TV.

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Above, Fish Tales' catfish plater, which came with five pieces of cornmeal crusted catfish with hushpuppies and French fries. Below, fried oyster po boy with French fries and hushpuppies. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter

Foodie Friday: Fish Tales

Thu, 07/07/2022 - 8:13pm

What's better than crispy golden fried catfish with killer hush puppies? Maybe a perfectly prepared fried oyster poboy served on a soft pillowy white bun?

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Texas Pecan growers gather for 2022 conference in San Marcos

Thu, 07/07/2022 - 8:11pm

Pecan growers from Texas and around the world will soon gather in San Marcos.

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M. Ray Perryman

The Economist: An initial step forward

Wed, 07/06/2022 - 6:40pm

After agreeing not to support any new fossil fuel investments with public dollars after 2022, the G-7 has backtracked and decided to facilitate development of liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastruc

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NAMI Central Texas receives a $20,000 check from the United Heritage Charity Foundation. Submitted photo

United Heritage Charity Foundation supports Mental Health in Central Texas

Sun, 07/03/2022 - 5:00am

The United Heritage Charity Foundation aims to strengthen its relationships with charitable organizations, ensuring that they align towards a specific core area of focus. Every year, the charity foundation gives to organizations that support communities in the Austin and Tyler area.

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The color white & the moonlit garden: Enchanting, magical, and full of memories

No matter the area of the landscape, porch, patio and deck, include the color white for its reflective nature. Superbena Whiteout is paired here with Superbena Sparkling Rose, verbena. Photos by Norman Winter

Varieties of native Virginia Sweetspire like Little Henry, Scentlandia and this year’s new Fizzy Mizzy not only offer white during the day and night, but also has an incredible fragrance that all will remember.

This time of the year landscapes all across the county are showing out with Hydrangea paniculata varieties like Limelight and this new Limelight Prime that offers showy visibility all day and night.

In the landscape, hydrangeas rule like royalty varieties of native oakleaf like Gatsby Gal, Gatsby Moon and are always guaranteed to catch your attention even on a moonlit night. Photos by Norman Winter

Use white flowers along the edge, border, or pathway to allow its reflective capacities to give definition at night. Here Diamond Snow euphorbia is used along the outside border with red begonias.

The color white & the moonlit garden: Enchanting, magical, and full of memories

Sun, 07/03/2022 - 5:00am

Each year, as my color design guru son James orders plants for use at his client’s homes — from those that look like historic cottages to palatial garden estates, those on the waterfront to those considered mountainous — the one color that I can be guaranteed that will be in heavy use is white.

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Pretty little chickadee. Graphic from Metro Creative

Exploring Nature: Chickadees

Sun, 07/03/2022 - 5:00am

Let me sing the praises of the Carolina chickadee, a year-round resident at my place and a most charming little bird.

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A Texas Cooter sunning in Sink Creek, San Marcos. Photos by Jason Cook

Log jam: More turtles near Spring Lake.

Answers to Go

Sun, 07/03/2022 - 5:00am

Q. What kind of turtles are there in the San Marcos River?

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Left to right, Rebecca Wood, Ronald Lessane and Kristen Hardin rehearse the song Single Man Drought in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Photo by Hannah Corbett

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Sun, 07/03/2022 - 5:00am

The Wimberley Players will present the musical comedy “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” opening July 15 and running for four weekends through Aug. 7.