In the Garden | March 2018

This month's In the Garden graphics are in honor of my late mother, Margaret Ann, or Peggy as she was called, who loved quilts, and window boxes, and blooming bulbs. She admired pretty as much as she was pretty. I miss her all year long, but I hear her voice strongest right around her birthday, March 6. If she's watching, she'll be happy to see that I'm planning my flower boxes. This year, I'm planting jonquils in a public garden in her memory. 

Find, below, an addendum to the annual monthly In the Garden | March gardening guide. The annual guide outlines all of the gardening to-do's, maintenance, tasks and more for most USDA gardening zones for the month of March, in general. You'll definitely want to check it out to keep your yard and garden going, and growing strong.

Here, you'll find weather forecasts, full moon schedule, and best planting practices for Zone 1 weather (Texas, Oklahoma, some surrounding areas in west Louisiana and east New Mexico), primarily, and March 2018, specifically.

IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TIME IN TEXAS, MY FRIENDS!

Photo: Texas Highways

Be sure to get out on the backroads and get to know the beauty of this state anew starting in March. Find the best places for the lushest, most riotous displays of color according to Texas Highways magazine; Everything You Need to Know About Texas Wildflower Season.

Check out the state's most commonly found wildflowers courtesy of Texas Highways, Wildflowers of Texas. 

And learn more about Texas wildflowers and ecosystems with a stop and a stroll at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.