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Austin, TX is located in the center of Texas and is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States. Austin is the capitol of Texas and also the home of University of Texas. Austin is known for The Live Music Capital of the World, it has a vibrant live music scene with more per capita than any other city in the U.S. 

Austin is a great place to live and work. Even with the economical crisis, Austin properties values are still going up and sales are good. In the last 10 years Austin has had tremendously growth and traffic can be a problem. Austin has put in toll roads and other highways to help the situation, but with the growth its hard to keep up.

If you are thinking about moving to Austin or have recently move you have found housing to be one of the lowest in the nation. Austin is a great place to raise a family with many recreational facilities plus the many lakes surrounding Austin. Austin climate is great for outdoor activities including walking, bicycling, swimming and camping. 

Gardening is another passion for many Austinites and you will find many garden clubs and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for great resources if you are new to Texas gardening. Gardening can be a challenge in Austin with summer heat hitting a 100 for the month of July and August.  The joy of gardening in Austin is mild climate you can garden all year around.  Gardening in Austin is not like gardening anyplace else. Austin gardening year starts in the fall, not the spring. And the season where everything turns brown and the gardeners retreats indoors is summer, not winter. A terrible hot, humid summer is the one season you can count on.

Every day, new people arrive in Austin and pick up shovels and hoes to put down roots in their landscapes. Regardless how successful you might have been elsewhere, you might need to learn to garden all over again now that you are at home in Austin.

Horticulturally, Austin is in plant hardiness zone eight, which means plants can withstand low temperatures of 10 degrees above zero. Fortunately, we seldom see 10 degree temperatures and generally do not dip below 20 degrees with any frequency.  Winter temperatures can be unpredictable, but summer temperatures are usually hot. Summers are more devastating to our garden than the winters and if you are going to have a flower garden or vegetable garden in Austin, you will have to water in the summer time.  As far as rainfall, average tell us little. Austin can anticipate about 32 inches of rain. Rainfall is usually fairly spaced out during the spring, fall and winter. with the summer months usually deficient. The soil in Austin will need to be improve with liberal amounts of compost, peat moss, shredded bark or other organic materials.

Even with all these challenges, you can still have a beautiful landscaping with a little work. There are many native plants that produces beautiful flowers and all you have to do is go to the hill country in the spring to see them. 

 If you are new to Austin gardening, visiting the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center offers great resources on native plants for Austin.  For a nice drive thru the Hill Country go to Fredericksburg, Texas to see the Wildseed Farm where they display many different fields of  wildflowers and native Texas plants. They also offer for sale many of these plant seeds, plus  they have a beautiful nursery. I find their staff knowledgeable on Texas gardening too. Austin has many great garden nurseries, so find one close to where you live and let them help you choice the right plants for your landscape projects. 

Check out the other great articles below on New Home Garden such as flower gardens which we give you great tips on some of the best producing perennial and annual flowers and tips on layout and design. Garden design, on New Home Garden, will give you some great ideas including outdoors room and how it expands your living space. 

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