Today’s blog is a recap of our “Spring Into Summer Vegetables” class we recently had with Karen Gardener. Karen always shares some wonderful tips for successfully growing vegetables in our climate. I will walk you through her outline and highlight her advice for...
Including desert specimen plants (yucca rostrata, yucca thompsoniana, agave, sotol, cactus, etc…) can create striking texture and interest in your Texas landscapes. These plants are not only beautiful, most are also native and xeriscape options. Today i’m...
In keeping with our plan to share our guest speakers’ key notes from our classes and events, today’s blog is a recap of our Tomato Class we recently had, featuring Keith Amelung, our local heirloom tomato supplier. Keith gave us a ton of information to help grow...
Early spring is a difficult waiting game for us gardeners. Rainbow gardens is filling up with fresh spring herbs, tempting tomatoes and other spring veggies, plus there are pops of gorgeous color every which way you look. But the weather is toying with us, a warm and...
If you’ve ever seen our pots and container supply at Rainbow Gardens, you must know that we hold container gardening in high regard! Container gardening is one of our favorite ways to garden and today’s blog is all about why, and about giving you some extra tips to...
Spring being the time to prune roses, I thought I’d pop in and give you a quick little recap on what we learned at our rose seminar. We were happy to have guest speaker, Meg Ware, from the San Antonio Rose Society, come in and give us a multitude of tips for success...
February is really the jump start month for spring in San Antonio. If you didn’t get a chance to look at Part 1 of this series last week on planting and pruning, you can access the blog at the link. Part 2 is all about lawn and soil prep for the upcoming spring...
February has arrived, and believe it or not, it is time to start prepping for the spring garden season in San Antonio by planting and pruning specific plants. We all know that in this area, the weather can have us shoving our feet in wool socks and boots one day and...
This spring, our Rainbow Gardens location is in for a real treat. Every Saturday from about 11AM – 4PM, guests will be treated to expert butterfly and pollinator advice courtesy of Laura Jarvis of The Butterfly Landing. Many of you know the name Laura Jarvis as...
The end of January, February, and early March are the perfect times to plant potatoes in San Antonio, Texas. Today this blog guides you through the planting steps and also offers a few tips to get your potatoes off to a great start. So whether you say ‘potato’ and I...
Using shrubs as landscape plantings are a wonderful way to upgrade and add value to your homes. They can create interesting focal points or make wonderful backdrops to your perennial and annual gardens. Shrubs can provide structure to your landscape or provide privacy...
If you’ve followed Rainbow Gardens on our social media channels, or these blogs for any amount of time, you’ve probably noticed us telling you to avoid “wipe out” sprays for pest and disease control, and how we even try to encourage you not to spray for problems...
Maybe you’ve heard us talk about adding perlite to your soil mixes, or perhaps you’ve seen it listed as an ingredient on the label of your potting soil; but do you know what it really is and what it does? Perlite is a soil amendment that can aid in the health and...
Winter is a time when holly shrubs shine. Many produce vibrant berries, making the local wildlife foraging through winter very happy indeed. It’s still a great time to plant trees and shrubs in San Antonio, so today we are highlighting a few varieties of hollies. With...
Have you thought of growing blueberries in your San Antonio landscape? Rainbow Gardens thinks that is a great idea! Not only do blueberries provide you with sweet and juicy, fruits, they also make attractive landscape specimens in fall when their foliage takes on...
Aren’t gnats just one of the most annoying pests out there? It seems like they appear out of nowhere sometimes. Anyone who has had houseplants in their homes for awhile have probably encountered gnats. I’ve known plant lovers who have chucked an entire...
Succulents can create beautiful displays in your landscape or in your home. Whether you are looking to plant succulents in the ground or in pots, the following tips will have you doing both successfully. 5 Steps for Successful Succulents 1. Find some sunshine. Most...
Most of us scoop up a bunch of pansies to get our annual color fix throughout winter and there definitely isn’t anything wrong with that. But there’s another option for you. If brilliant color in a cold tolerant plant is what you crave, take a look at the...
It’s coming, it’s really coming. The REAL cold weather is right around the corner. South Central Texas folks are certainly aware that the temperatures can rise and fall from day to day with no sense of a pattern. We get as much of a warning for weather...
Is there a picture that pops into your mind when you hear the word “xeriscape”? I know that when I first envisioned what this word meant, I pictured sparse, twiggy plants, with little to no color, sticking up out of dry dusty soil. Maybe an occasional green cactus...
