Garden Success with Stephen Brueggerhoff

Garden Success — Transplanting Roses, Thorny Texas Natives, and Fair Season Recap

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff answers listener Gary’s question with a complete how-to on transplanting mature roses: why late February to early M

Garden Success — Tree Spacing Done Right, Sowing Wildflower Seed, and a Blackberry Fruit-Drop Mystery

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff returns from a field-trip stint at the International Plant Propagators Society’s Southern Region conference in Hous

Garden Success — Ask the Plant Doctor: Oak Dieback, Rust on Daylilies, and Lace Bug Mysteries

This month’s Ask the Plant Doctor segment brings host Stephen Brueggerhoff together with Hannah Ayala from the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab for a season-spanning to

Garden Success — Crape Myrtle Bark Scale, Picking the Right Shade Tree, and Reviving Rosemary

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff works through a stack of listener emails and photos, starting with Walter’s rental-property crape myrtles — planted

Garden Success — Sweet Potato Troubleshooting, Fall Vegetable Planting, and a Mystery Lawn Flower

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff opens with a cabbage comparison trial underway at the Brazos County demonstration garden — heirloom varieties Early

Garden Success — Dormant or Dead? A Lawn Recovery Guide for Coming Out of Summer

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff tackles the question every Brazos Valley gardener is asking right now: is my browning lawn dead, or just dormant? H

Garden Success — Ask the Plant Doctor: Dry Spots, Lethal Bronzing, Corn Smut, and a Rose Rundown

This month's Ask the Plant Doctor segment brings host Stephen Brueggerhoff back together with Dr. Kevin Ong of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab. The two open by tac

Garden Success — A New Mealybug Mystery, Chili Thrips, and Building a Blackberry Berm

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff kicks off with an insect he'd never encountered before: the rhodesgrass mealybug (also called rhodesgrass scale), i

Garden Success — Zinnias, Stress-Shedding Oaks, and Getting the Fall Garden Started

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff welcomes a bit of rain to the Brazos Valley and starts with a listener's flower ID request: a photo from Jimbo turn

Garden Success — Sun Scald, Sticky Driveways, and a Mysterious Mealy Grass

This week on Garden Success, host Stephen Brueggerhoff tackles a mailbag full of late-summer heat casualties, starting with a Master Gardener's bronzing Nellie R. Stevens

Garden Success — Ask the Plant Doctor: Root Rot, Nematodes, Oak Wilt, and a Cigarette-Powered Virus Test

This month's Ask the Plant Doctor segment brings host Stephen Brueggerhoff together with Hannah Ayala, head diagnostician at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab, for a

Garden Success — Redbud Roundup, Ground Cover Alternatives, and a Water Conservation Check-In

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

Garden Success — Galls, Nests, and the Water You’re Not Wasting

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

Garden Success — Postcards from Abilene: Drought-Tolerant Natives & Backyard Q&A

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 ins

Garden Success — Surviving the Summer Heat: Bald Cypress, Black Spot, and Rose Rosette Q&A

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

Garden Success — Inside the Plant Clinic: A Conversation with Dr. Kevin Ong

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 D

Garden Success — Soil Science, Rice & Water: A Conversation with Dr. Jake Mowrer

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 Fora

Garden Success – 7/2/2026: Q&A With Stephen Brueggerhoff

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 wee

Garden Success – 6/25/2026: Q&A With Stephen Brueggerhoff

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the warm weather, future show guests, pollinator week 2026, native grapevines, ornamental purselane, upcoming local events, and beetle dama

Garden Success – 6/18/2026: Q&A With Stephen Brueggerhoff

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 humi