A: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 20 ...

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My “go-to” ground covers are regular mondo grass (dwarf mondo ... small trees I can use for a zero-lot-line property. I’m trying to have a really nice (but compact) garden, and I’d love ...

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