Lee Ann Torrans
Lee Ann Torrans is the founder and author of leeanntorrans.com, a comprehensive gardening resource focused on plants that thrive in Texas and other heat-challenged climates. With over 20 years of hands-on gardening experience and more than a decade of publishing original plant profiles and photography, Lee Ann brings a unique blend of local knowledge, visual documentation, and real-world growing results.
As a lifelong Texas gardener, she specializes in shrub roses, heat-tolerant perennials, and native plant combinations. Every photo on her site is original and every plant described has been grown, observed, and documented through seasonal change. Lee Ann’s goal is to empower gardeners to make informed planting decisions through practical experience and region-specific insights.
She is frequently cited for her field-tested observations on Earth-Kind® roses, seasonal bloom performance, and landscape design strategies for unpredictable southern weather. Her writing blends scientific understanding with visual storytelling, helping readers see not just what to plant—but how those plants behave year after year.
She was a practicing attorney with an MLS and is actively involved in instructional design for Fortune 100 and 500 corporations and multiple medium size organizations.
Lee Ann Torrans has a life long hands on experience in gardening. She was a practicing attorney who published the text used in MLS programs around the country on the law of copyright. She currently is involved in online instructional design for Fortune 100 and 500 companies and many medium sized organization as both a designer and subject matter expert.
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Her handbook on Crape Myrtle gardening will be released in the summer of 2025.
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Her new books found at Amazon focus on helping GenZ and adults over 40 find transitional careers a jobs in this difficult 2025 job market.
Her book on the JFK assassination, buoyed by the final release of documents an extensive research and interviews from remaining witnesses, will be out in 2025. This is an analytical look at the heart breaking event that forever changed our nation’s history.
