THE GIFT OF GREEN

Don’t know what to get your gardening enthusiast this holiday season? Well, if the little digger is anything like me, he’ll have all the tools he needs (or he won’t want someone who doesn’t know an aphid from a white fly picking them out for him), so you’ll have to look elsewhere. How about a membership to the Texas Discovery Gardens? He’ll get ideas a plenty at the free (or reduced-price) events, and he’ll save a little green with the plant sale discounts and reduced workshop fees he’s entitled to. And yes, white flies are the white ones that leave a honeydew-like residue on the plant as they feed. Aphids are usually green or yellow, but some species are brown, black, or even red. They appear in clusters on new plant growth and feed on the plant’s fluids (just as the white flies do). Now go on, impress him at the dinner table tonight with your newfound knowledge.