Garden Success with Stephen Brueggerhoff

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff reports back from the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association's annual trade show in San Antonio with a redbud tree deep-dive: the diminutive "Emerald," the finicky non-transplantable "Carolina Sweetheart," and weeping, variegated varieties like "Golden Falls" and "Ruby Falls" — plus a reminder that the drought-tough "Oklahoma" redbud remains...

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff walks through his own late-summer irrigation routine — twice-weekly watering, 15–20 minutes per station, guided by the Be Water Smart app — as a model for conserving water during the Brazos Valley's dry, triple-digit stretch, and shares a fellow gardener's report of possums and squirrels doing the fig-harvesting for her. Caller John opens a fa...

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff returns from a Texas County Agricultural Agents Association conference in Abilene with a suitcase full of plant inspiration from "cow country." He shares a personal-history detour — from Sam Houston State to the City of Houston Parks Department to a botanical program in Seattle to a full-circle stint at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center...

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff checks in after a brutal 104°F day, sharing how his container fig trees, in-ground vegetable garden, and irrigation system held up — and offers practical watering wisdom for the sustained summer heat ahead: no more than once (or twice) weekly deep watering, cycle-and-soak techniques, and why a little wilting in the landscape is nothing to pani...

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff launches a brand-new monthly segment, Ask the Plant Doctor, with guest Dr. Kevin Ong, director of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab and associate department head of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M. Kevin pulls back the curtain on how the plant clinic actually works — from processing summer's flood of samples (mostly fro...

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff sits down with Dr. Jake Mowrer, the newly appointed director of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension's Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory, for a deep dive into everything happening beneath our feet. Jake shares how he stepped into the lab director role after 11 years as a soil fertility and water resource management professor (and 15 years...

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses BV Water Smart, upcoming local events, wild grapevine varieties, a leaning oak tree, weed control, Canna Leaf-roller, a preview of next week's guest, and rosemary plants.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the warm weather, future show guests, pollinator week 2026, native grapevines, ornamental purselane, upcoming local events, and beetle damage to a tree.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the recent rains and heat, takeaways from last week's tomato tasting event, tomatoes in depth, cold-hardy citrus, use cases for liquid humic acid, delayed pruning of crape myrtles, upcoming local events, and purselane plant.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses figs, an upcoming tomato tasting event, tomato varieties, a listener with a white webbing substance on leaves, how to keep birds away from tomato plants, thrips damage, okra plants, upcoming local events, and lace bugs on Lantana.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses tomato season, stink bugs & leaf-footed bugs, invasive Lantana, Heart-leaf Skullcap, and vines.

Stephen Brueggerhoff & Paul Winski, Extension Program Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife discuss Paul's horticultural background, his current research plots, an upcoming field day, and current trials across the state of Texas.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses Gladiolus, spent blossoms on a caller's Lantana, Plumbago, Retama, upcoming local events, and Figs.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses a caller's aphid problem, using soil-less media for container plants, potted plant fertilizing, tomatoes, upcoming local events, and avocado trees.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the mild spring weather, hummingbirds, how chill hours have affected fruit tree production, upcoming local events, and a caller's question about milkweed varieties.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses wildflower season, quarantine requirements for certain import-restricted plants, chinch bugs in lawn, identifying pest grubs, cold-tolerance of figs, and upcoming local events.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the recent rains, root washing of containerized trees, Palo Verde, Figs, and Swiss Chard.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses his recent appearance at KAMU's Earth Day event, Snake Plant, identification of Wild Carrot for a listener, using herbicides in a St. Augustine lawn, pruning Crape Myrtle, Philodendron, and upcoming local events.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses Texas Mountain Laurel pruning, listener plant identification, suggestions for perennials that bloom in shade, butterfly weed, upcoming local events, prescribed burns, and increasing biodiversity in the landscape.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses today's rain, truffles, tallow trees, Louisiana Iris, upcoming local events, a caller's tomato that's smaller than expected, and Knockout Roses.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the lack of rain in the forecast, BV Water Smart, tips on resetting a lawn, paper wasps, lawn fertilization, using extra-strength vinegar as an herbicide, redbuds, pet-safe lawn weed treatment, root washing, upcoming local events, hollies, and barometer bush.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses how his tomatoes and potatoes fared in the recent frost, how to tell if a caller's Vitex plant survived the frost, a caller asking if Rhubarb can be grown in the Brazos Valley, a tomato plant with yellowing leaves, where to find local gardening interest groups, potential ground cover for an area with direct sun, upcoming local events, and Chili Pequin plants.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses tomatoes, likelihood of a late frost, tips for pruning ornamental trees, whether it is too late to plant broccoli, mustard or lettuce, flowering basil, upcoming local events, bridal wreath, where to find research-based information, shade-tolerant grasses, cultivating corn, and privacy hedge plants.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses forecasted rain, his tomato plants, Leaf-Footed bugs, wildflowers, Mexican Plum, Lawn pre-emergent herbicide, BV Water Smart, an update to last week's caller asking about privacy plants, and upcoming local events.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the current drought, salvias, ornamental plant suggestions for a caller, pruning roses, fig trees, green beans, suggestions for a caller wanting privacy landscaping, and upcoming local events.