by Happy Gardener | Feb 12, 2024 | News & Events, Seasonal & Gardening Tips
When it comes to gardening and using pesticides or fungicides, one of the most crucial steps that gardeners often overlook is reading the labels on these products. The information provided on the labels is not just there for legal reasons; it serves as a valuable...
by Happy Gardener | Feb 5, 2024 | Flowering Trees, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Spring Garden, Trees & Shrubs
Crape Myrtles are a beautiful addition to any garden or landscape. To ensure they grow to their full potential, it’s essential to prune them the correct way. Here are some tips to help you properly prune your Crape Myrtles and maintain their health and beauty....
by Happy Gardener | Jan 29, 2024 | Edibles, News & Events, Vegetables
Tomatoes. They are one of our favorite harvests to enjoy, but they do take some work to produce. You can’t plant too early; you can’t plant too late. They’re hungry and thirsty plants, but when you take a bite out of a fresh, homegrown tomato, most of think they are...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 24, 2024 | Edibles, News & Events, Vegetables
Planting root vegetables, like beets, can be a rewarding and delicious experience for any gardener. They tend to be some of the easier vegetables to grow, making them great choices for teaching young gardeners. Late winter/early spring or mid fall are great times to...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 23, 2024 | Roses
Early spring brings you the best selections of roses at Rainbow Gardens here in San Antonio, Texas. Late winter to early spring is the right time to plant them here as well. We pot up our bareroot roses in January so that means when you buy them now, they aren’t...
by Happy Gardener | Dec 29, 2023 | Fall Garden, Flowering Trees, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Shade Trees, Trees & Shrubs
If trees are something you are thinking about planting in your landscape for the new year, don’t delay. While fall is the best time to plant, winter and early spring (really early spring) are runners up. Although the cold weather will shut down the growth of the tops...
by Happy Gardener | Dec 5, 2023 | Pests & Diseases
Scale pests are a common problem for gardeners and plant enthusiasts in San Antonio, Texas. These tiny insects attach themselves to the stems and leaves of plants, sucking out the sap and causing damage to the plant. If left untreated, scale infestations can kill...
by Happy Gardener | Dec 5, 2023 | Edibles, Fruit trees, Fruit, Berries, Nuts, Trees & Shrubs
Did you know that winter is the best time to plant hardy fruit trees? Planting from mid Dec through February, when fruit trees are dormant, is less stressful for trees and helps to reduce transplant shock. This time period also gives roots the time it needs to develop...
by Happy Gardener | Nov 27, 2023 | Fall Garden, News & Events, Soil & Compost, Winter Garden
All too often, when the season changes and leaves begin to fall, it’s the sound of groans that are heard from homeowners thinking about daily raking, or carrying around a heavy leaf blower on a weekly basis. We think the sound we hear should be squeals of joy. ...
by Happy Gardener | Nov 4, 2023 | Annuals & Perennials, Fall Color, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Texas Perennials
I spend plenty of time talking to you about Gregg’s Blue Mistflower in late summer to early fall. The fuzzy, baby-blue flowers it produces are a magnet to nectar-seeking Queen butterflies and Monarchs also drop in for a snack during their fall migration. But I would...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 31, 2023 | News & Events, Spring Garden, Winter Garden
Asparagus is a delicious and nutritious vegetable that is easy to grow in San Antonio, Texas. If you’re considering growing your own asparagus, there are some important things you should know to ensure a successful harvest. Growing Asparagus in Texas First,...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 25, 2023 | Fall Garden, Seasonal & Gardening Tips
With every new gardening season comes a fresh a crop of problems. Today we are highlighting four problems that you are more likely to encounter during the fall garden season. Oh, and we’ll offer solutions too. Problems and Solutions for Fall Gardens and...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 11, 2023 | Edibles, Herbs
We talk a lot about fall being a terrific time for planting trees, shrubs and woody perennials, but fall also gives perennial herbs a head start and there are plenty of annual herbs that thrive in cooler temperatures. If you haven’t grown herbs, make this season the...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 7, 2023 | Edibles, Vegetables
Cool-weather-loving cabbage is a favorite among vegetable gardeners as fall temperatures (or early spring) begin to arrive. Did you know that many scientists believe that most other cruciferous vegetables—such as broccoli, cauliflower, turnips, and Brussels...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 7, 2023 | Edibles, Vegetables
Direct seeding can be rewarding and lucrative. Think of it; you place a tiny veggie seed in the soil and care for it, nurture it, and one day it offers you something back in the form of a vine full of beans, or a head of crispy, fresh lettuce. That is rewarding. When...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 3, 2023 | Cactus & Succulents
Have you heard about Mangave? We are thrilled to be bringing in some of these unique specimens that offer your landscape structural interest, wrapped up in a hardy agave and mandfreda crossbreed. Mangave are quickly becoming a hot collectors item, and hopefully this...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 30, 2023 | Flowering Trees, Native Trees, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Shade Trees, Trees & Shrubs
Need a tree this fall? How about trying a native variety? Here’s a list of some of our favorite native trees for San Antonio, Texas. Fall is the best time to plant your trees and let their roots develop into a strong, sturdy system through winter. It’s our hot, San...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 28, 2023 | Annuals & Perennials, Fall Garden, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Trees & Shrubs
There is no doubt that spring can make us ga-ga over gardening. The first warm weather that hits has most of us running to the nursery to load up with blooms to color our world. But do you know that fall is the BEST time to plant for health and longevity of your...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 20, 2023 | Fall Garden, Roses, Seasonal & Gardening Tips
With the promise of cooler temperatures in fall, many of our roses are ready to offer another flush of blooms. Let’s take a look at a few things you can do to help them make a vibrant statement in your landscape. In order to really push out some blooms, your roses...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 14, 2023 | Edibles, Fall Garden, Fruit, Berries, Nuts
Thank you for joining us for the latest Happy Gardener. Today we’re bringing you a couple of things to keep in mind when it comes to fruit and pecan trees the month of September. Hopefully you have been keeping these trees well-watered through the brutal summer; extra...
