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You'll be crushing on the new 2021 Rodeo Tomato, Ruby Crush Calvin Finch, Gardening FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 2of5 3of5 4of5 5of5 The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is going to be pretty different this year thanks to COVID, but nothing can stop the picking of the annual Rodeo Tomato. And as far as Jerry Parsons, the horticulture specialist with the Texas Cooperative Extension in San Antonio, and I are concerned, this choice is excellent and extremely easy for us to support. It is the Ruby Crush cherry tomato that we have been recommending to area gardeners for a number of years. The Ruby Cru...

Winter weeds or sustainable winter lawn? It's about perspective Calvin Finch, Gardening FacebookTwitterEmail HorseherbCourtesy photo Sustainable Winter Turf (SWT) is the concept that Jerry Parsons, my colleague on the Gardening South Texas Radio Show, and I developed when our St. Augustine lawns became more shaded and we came to appreciate the winter weeds that infested (we now say “enhanced”) the shade- and drought-affected lawns. For years, like many San Antonio-area gardeners, we mobilized our lawn care resources to support the St. Augustine lawn and protect it from drought, shade and...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Calvin Finch: Your guide to what's blooming this winter in San Antonio gardens: cyclamen, stocks, pansies, autumn sage and more Calvin Finch, Gardening FacebookTwitterEmail 2of5 3of5 4of5 5of5 Stocks make great cut flowers.James A. Guilliam /Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less During this period of dry cool weather, the decorative load is being carried by one perennial and the cool weather annuals. Salvia greggii is also called autumn sage. Right now, even though it is not in its heaviest bloom period, it is carrying a major part of the load for decorating a...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Calvin Finch: Your guide to what's blooming this winter in San Antonio gardens: cyclamen, stocks, pansies, autumn sage and more Calvin Finch, Gardening FacebookTwitterEmail 2of8 3of8 5of8 6of8 8of8 During this period of dry cool weather, the decorative load is being carried by one perennial and the cool weather annuals. Salvia greggii is also called autumn sage. Right now, even though it is not in its heaviest bloom period, it is carrying a major part of the load for decorating area landscapes. The light green, mouse ear-size leaves back up its many blo...