Molly Glentzer

Feb 9, 2025 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

This week's warm weather brought a flood of questions to a Facebook page for novice gardeners who are growing roses in Houston. Seeing sprouts on their plants, they wanted to know if it was okay to "hard prune" before Valentine's Day. Generations of local rosarians know the mid-February holiday as the red-letter date for romancing their roses.

Jan 23, 2025 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

Quercus virginiana, the coastal live oak, needs ample room for its wide, romantic branches. Artist Anthony Shumate's “ Monumental Moments ” installation brings attention to this majestic specimen at Buffalo Bayou Park. Buffalo Bayou Park ConservancyHouston’s landscape may look browner than usual after this week’s frigid spell, but where the environment is healthy, there is no such thing as the ‘dead’ of winter.

Nov 30, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

For fuller plants and more flowers, experts recommend starting with the soil in your garden. Grace Cary/Getty ImagesNative coneflowers adapt beautifully to home gardens. In true prairie environments, their roots can grow about 5 feet deep into the soil. Leave spent seedheads standing through winter to provide food for birds. Steve Campbell/Houston ChronicleThe roots of some prairie plants reach as deep as 12 or 15 feet in their native habitat.

Nov 9, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

Fall asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifoliumare) are easy-to-grow charmers for color that often extends from late August through November. Ray Matthews/ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterFall asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifoliumare) are easy-to-grow charmers for color that often extends from late August through November.

Sep 21, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Molly Glentzer

Houston Ballet's First Soloist Julian Lacey and Artists of Houston Ballet in Silas Farley’s 'Four Loves.'Amitava Sarkar/Courtesy Houston Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch’s 'Velocity'.