What Is Aggie Horticulture and What Does the Site Offer?

Aggie Horticulture (aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu) is the horticulture information site of Texas A&M University, run under AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. It is a reference and outreach resource rather than a store: it publishes fact sheets, problem solvers, program pages, news, events, and online courses on growing plants, with a strong Texas and Southern U.S. focus. It is most useful if you want university-backed guidance on fruits and nuts, vegetables, ornamentals, grapes and wine, or environmentally friendly landscaping.

Who runs it and what it covers

The site is organized around the university's research and extension work. Its main topic areas are:

• Fruit and nut resources — fact sheets, new varieties, and related resources
• Vegetable resources — fact sheets and problem solvers
• Ornamental production — nursery, floral, and greenhouse information
• Viticulture and enology — growing grapes and making wine
• Earth-Kind® landscaping — environmentally friendly landscaping guidance
• Small acreage horticultural crops — grower information, webinars, and resources

It also hosts academic and staff information, plus links to plant and gardening tools such as insect questions, a plant disease diagnostic lab, soil testing, tree resources, and Water My Yard.

Program sites hosted on Aggie Horticulture

Several well-known Texas A&M programs have their official pages here. If you are looking for one of these, this is the right place:

What you can actually do on the site

• Read fact sheets and problem solvers for specific crops and plant problems.
• Find recommended plants for Texas through Texas Superstar®.
• Follow news and events, including workshops, seminars, and conferences such as Taste 360.
• Take online courses, including Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! (with a virtual class for elementary students), Tomato 101, Floral Design Certification, and food safety training for Texas GAPs and GHPs.
• Use diagnostic and testing links for insects, plant disease, soil, and irrigation scheduling.

When it is the right resource — and when it isn't

Use Aggie Horticulture when you want extension-style, research-based guidance for Texas conditions, or when you need the official page for a Texas A&M gardening program. Its crop and landscaping pages are written for home gardeners, growers, and educators rather than for commercial purchasing.

It is less suited to you if you need plant shopping, current pricing, or advice for a climate outside the southern U.S. The site does not present itself as a retailer, and the available page information shows no pricing or payment details. For region-specific recommendations elsewhere, a local extension service will usually fit better.

A practical example: if you want to know which tomato varieties to try in a Texas garden, start with the vegetable resources and fact sheets, then check Texas Superstar® for recommended plants; if you want structured learning, the Tomato 101 online course is the natural next step.