by Happy Gardener | Jul 29, 2020 | Fall Garden, News & Events, vegetables
Fall tomatoes are in the nursery! Look in the greenhouse and the tables are lined with fall tomatoes, many different varieties. Can you picture it? In your excitement to see tomato plants again, you purchase a 6 pack of tomatoes and happily walk out the nursery gates...
by Happy Gardener | Jul 18, 2020 | Gardening Basics, News & Events
There are multiple reasons to add vines to a San Antonio landscape. Vines can provide privacy, block strong winds, provide shade, absorb noise, and offer seasonal color. There are a multitude of gorgeous vines to choose from at Rainbow Gardens, but today we are honing...
by Happy Gardener | Jul 11, 2020 | Fall Garden, Garden Planning, News & Events, vegetables
Fall vegetable season is an amazing growing season for gardeners in San Antonio. We get a second shot at growing some favorite warm-weather vegetables and follow right behind that with delicious cold-weather vegetables. If you’ve never planted vegetables in...
by Happy Gardener | Jun 30, 2020 | Gardening Basics, Houseplants, News & Events
Propagating succulents is a great way to have more of what you love. Maybe you need to propagate succulents because your plants have gotten leggy and somewhat unattractive; or maybe you are looking to share succulents with friends. Whatever your reasons, we’ve...
by Happy Gardener | Jun 17, 2020 | Gardening Basics, Houseplants, News & Events
When the summer heat starts blazing, you can cool off with some indoor gardening when you choose to incorporate houseplants into your living spaces. Houseplants add instant interest to any room and many houseplants act like mean, green, air purifying machines. Take a...
by Happy Gardener | Jun 15, 2020 | Gardening Basics, News & Events
Have you wondered what the term “chill hours” or “chilling hours” means in conjunction with fruit trees and their growing requirements? I admit when I first started work at Rainbow Gardens San Antonio, I was tasked with placing the informative...
by Happy Gardener | Jun 9, 2020 | Garden By Season, Garden Tips, News & Events
Caring for native plants in San Antonio is most definitely less work than if you choose non-native specimens. However, this doesn’t mean that grabbing a native plant, shoving it willy nilly into your landscape, and leaving it to the elements is the route you...
by Happy Gardener | May 13, 2020 | Gardening Basics, News & Events, Pollinators
Including native plants in your San Antonio landscape can open up a whole new world of gardening. You’ll find that the addition of native plants allows you more time in the long run to actually enjoy your garden, to bring species of native pollinators to your...
by Happy Gardener | May 12, 2020 | Gardening Basics, News & Events, Pollinators, Summer Garden
Agastache, also known as hummingbird mint, horsemint, and hyssop, is a wonderful perennial to include in your San Antonio pollinator gardens or potted patio gardens. When agastache is flowering it becomes a workhorse, producing long lasting blooms and bringing in the...
by Happy Gardener | May 12, 2020 | News & Events, Pollinators, Summer Garden
Once the heat of our San Antonio summer pops open the vibrant orange, red, and yellow blooms of the Pride of Barbados plant, you’d think we don’t carry any other plant at the nursery. Multiple times a day customers come in describing the most beautiful...
by Happy Gardener | May 12, 2020 | Fall Garden, News & Events, Pollinators, Spring Garden, Summer Garden
Have you heard of Gregg’s Blue Mistflower, one of our favorite hot-weather pollinator plants? If you haven’t, today is your lucky day because we are giving Gregg’s Blue Mistflower a proper shout out. This pollinator attracting plant brings the...
by Happy Gardener | May 9, 2020 | Fall Garden, News & Events, Pollinators, Spring Garden, Summer Garden
Look around landscapes in San Antonio, both residential and commercial, and you will most likely see some variety of salvia thriving there. It’s no wonder that salvia fits perfectly into our garden designs. Salvia is a heat tolerant, drought resistant, native,...
by Happy Gardener | May 8, 2020 | Garden By Season, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Pollinators
If every San Antonio landscape had plumbago planted, I would be a very Happy Gardener indeed! This amazing, native perennial offers big, bold, blooming beauty with the easiest of care. Plumbagos are one of our most sought after perennials at our San Antonio Rainbow...
by Happy Gardener | May 4, 2020 | Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
Lavender is a wonderful choice for an herb to grow in San Antonio because it’s drought tolerant nature makes it a perfect fit for our city. Lavendula angustifolia. There are about 27 species of the lavender plant, with the most popular varieties being English...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 23, 2020 | News & Events, Spring Garden, Troubleshooting, vegetables
Squash blossom end rot is one of those disorders that kind of slaps you in the face. It hurts! One day you are thrilled with the sight of a new squash growing on your plant and the next day you’re greeted with a shriveled, rotted, squishy, squash. I don’t...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 22, 2020 | Fall Garden, News & Events, Pest Control, Spring Garden, Troubleshooting
Most gardeners have heard of using ladybugs to fight off aphids, but not everyone knows about lacewings. These two beneficial insects are powerhouses when it comes to battling aphids. It’s just a fact that milkweed and aphids go hand in hand. Aphids love to congregate...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 16, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Spring Garden
Find yourself with some extra gardening time during this period of quarantine? Hopefully you are already busy tackling the monthly gardening tips we sent out last week in the e-newsletter (sign up here if you don’t receive it yet). But if you are looking for some...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 13, 2020 | Troubleshooting
Garden pests can suck the joy out of gardening overnight if you don’t develop a schedule (preventative and/or maintenance) to combat these tiny creatures that love nothing more than to feast on your vibrant, healthy flowers or your juiciest vegetables. Proper...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 1, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Pest Control, Troubleshooting
You’ll figure out if you have a chewing insects problem by being observant in your garden. Look high, look low, and leave no leaf unturned. Most insects don’t hide in plain sight. You might even have to look for them at night to catch them. Today we’re honing in on...
by Happy Gardener | Mar 30, 2020 | Garden Planning, News & Events
Fresh citrus has arrived at Rainbow Gardens and we’ve got all the varieties in that perform the best here in San Antonio. Take a look at a few citrus facts we’ve compiled to think about when picking out citrus for your home landscape. For smaller landscapes, be...
