Deep red bougainvillea and orange cannas complement lantana and plumbago in the center flowerbed.
A newly-established oak tree has its own plant circle between fence line beds and central circle. Photos by Sharon Lockett
Tall broad leaf canna lillies circling a tree help screen the entry of Howser home. Photo by Sharon Lockett
Yard of the Month
A front yard filled with colorful Texas flowers and a backyard garden producing vegetables is still a San Marcos scenario as the year draws to a close and our northern neighbors deal with freezing weather. As December’s Yard of the Month, Spring Lake Garden Club features the home of Richard and Aleene Howser on Crystal Cove in the Hills of Hays neighborhood, east of Iinterstate 35 on Staples Road. A showy front garden is the result of hours of planning and tending, but also the advantage of location — an area of fertile farmland and grazing acres before new homes were built in the late 1980s.
