by Happy Gardener | Feb 12, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Spring Garden
The spring gardening season will be here before we know it, so today we’re sending out a few reminders to be prepared for it. Make sure you come to our Spring Clean Up seminars this month with David Rodriguez, Horticulturist for Texas A&M Agrilife Extension...
by Happy Gardener | Feb 9, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Spring Garden
Roses and springtime go together like peanut butter and jelly. Our nurseries have the best rose selections of the year during spring. We also open up our event schedule in spring with seminars on roses because we know it’s the time of year to get moving on...
by Rainbow Gardens | Feb 3, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Tree & Lawn Care
Weed control is usually high on the to-do list for spring gardeners here in San Antonio. While a regular schedule of fertilizing your turf can help immensely in choking out weeds, but sometimes extra help is needed for these pesky lawn invaders. Treatment for weed...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 29, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Spring Garden
It’s rose pruning season! Our tips in today’s blog are specifically for bush/shrub type of roses that repeat bloom throughout the year. Roses that only bloom during spring (many climbers) should not be pruned until after they have finished their spring blooming...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 26, 2020 | Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
When February rolls around in San Antonio, the tomato-crazed gardeners come out of the woodwork, and we’re right there with them! As a matter of fact, many of us here at Rainbow Gardens have already started our tomatoes indoors to get a jump on the season....
by Happy Gardener | Jan 22, 2020 | Garden Tips, News & Events, Spring Garden
The 2020 Rodeo Tomato has been announced and it is “Red Snapper”. How’s that for an enticing name? The rodeo tomato is chosen based on 2-3 year trials that test and compare around 20-40 tomato varieties. Rodeo tomatoes are measured against tried and true varieties...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 19, 2020 | Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
The third blog in our Starting Seeds series focuses on what you should be doing when your indoor seeded transplants have grown big enough and are ready for the garden. If you’ve followed the tips in Part 1 and Part 2 of our Starting Seeds blog series, it’s...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 12, 2020 | Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
Welcome to the second installment in our Seed Starting blog series. Today we’ll be discussing how to put those seed starting supplies to use. If you need a list of the supplies, see Part 1: Seed Starting blog here. Starting seeds indoors is a fun and rewarding...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 5, 2020 | Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
Today’s blog is the first of 3 in our Starting Seeds series and is all about the supplies you need to start seeds germinating inside. By starting seeds indoors now, you create transplants that will be sturdy enough to plant in your garden once the danger of frost is...
by Happy Gardener | Dec 30, 2019 | Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, News & Events, Spring Garden
Our New Year’s gardening resolutions just might help to make your 2020 spring gardens the most successful yet. While gardening slows down somewhat during the winter months, it in no way stops. There is plenty to do to keep up with your plants and even more to do to...
by Happy Gardener | Dec 17, 2019 | Garden By Season, Garden Tips, News & Events
Artichokes are not only beautiful plant specimens in the garden, they are also a more exciting vegetable choice for the average gardener. The gorgeous fluorescent purple/blue flowers artichokes produce are reason enough to add this plant to your garden, but the...
by Rainbow Gardens | Dec 1, 2019 | Garden Tips, Winter Garden
Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are vibrantly-hued, beautiful plants with long lasting color that add instant holiday decor. It seems weird that a tropical plant is the one we choose as a symbol for our winter holidays, but this is when poinsettias choose to flash...
by Rainbow Gardens | Nov 30, 2019 | Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Winter Garden
Does a freeze warning make your anxiety level go up? Does the thought of dragging plants in and out, scrambling for old blankets and sheets have you wishing you didn’t have any plants to worry about? We’ve got you and your plants covered here at Rainbow...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 28, 2019 | Garden By Season, Garden Tips, News & Events, Troubleshooting
Today we are following up on our blog series about mistakes gardeners commonly make. At Rainbow Gardens we want you to have the best experience when it comes to your gardening endeavors. There’s a lot to remember when you enter the gardening world, so...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 28, 2019 | Garden By Season, Garden Tips, News & Events, Troubleshooting
With the fall season being one of the best for planting, we thought it might be a good idea to send out a few reminders about mistakes that people make when it comes to gardening and our tips for overcoming them. 5 Common Gardening Mistakes 1. Not following proper...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 27, 2019 | Fall Garden, Garden Tips, News & Events
Fall is a great time for dividing plants in the landscape. Maybe you’ve never thought about dividing plants, but we’re hoping this blog will give you some great reasons to think about trying it. Make dividing your plants a priority gardening task this...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 23, 2019 | Fall Garden, Fertilization, News & Events, Tree & Lawn Care
Fall fertilizing is one of those gardening tasks that, while super important for healthy turf, many people tend to blow it off. It’s easy to think about fertilizing come spring time when you are ready to pull your grass out of dull, brown dormancy. But...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 30, 2019 | Garden Planning, News & Events, Pollinators
Having an assortment of host and nectar plants is a great way to maximize your potential for butterflies visiting your landscape. Today we’ll let you in on some of Rainbow Gardens’ favorite host plants for the butterflies we see here in San Antonio. 5 Great...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 30, 2019 | Fall Garden, News & Events, Pollinators, Spring Garden, Summer Garden
Nectar plants for butterflies are a hot topic this month. With the Monarch migration peaking in our city around October 20th, we are trying to do our part in spreading the word about how important it is for all of our city to do our part in supplying butterflies their...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 30, 2019 | Fall Garden, News & Events, Pollinators, Spring Garden
Most of us know that providing butterflies with nectar plants goes a long way in the preservation of these miraculous creatures. Did you know that Texas has more butterfly species than any other state? This is most likely due to Texas being located on the southern...
