by Happy Gardener | Apr 6, 2022 | Annuals & Perennials, Butterflies, Fall Garden, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators, Summer Garden
A stop in to one of my favorite Facebook pages, The Butterfly Landing, inspired this week’s blog on Maximilian sunflowers. Laura Jarvis, owner and operator of The Butterfly Landing, often highlights amazing pollinator plants, many of them native, on her...
by Happy Gardener | Mar 31, 2022 | Annuals & Perennials, Butterflies, News & Events, Pollinators
Pollinator season has begun and along with that comes the search for some amazing pollinator attracting plants to offer them nectar for energy and food sources for butterfly caterpillars. With that being said, Gayfeather, or Liatris, has been voted this year’s...
by Rainbow Gardens | Feb 1, 2022 | Butterflies, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, News & Events, Pollinators
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...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 1, 2021 | Annuals & Perennials, Butterflies, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators
Butterfly and pollinator gardens are hot topics, especially since we are on the cusp of the fall pollinator migration about to soar through San Antonio. Today I wanted to highlight a few of the amazing plants that live in our butterfly garden at our Bandera location....
by Happy Gardener | Aug 9, 2021 | Annuals & Perennials, Butterflies, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators
If you want monarch butterflies to visit your garden this fall and spring, planting milkweed in your landscape is a must! Not only is milkweed a great nectar source for thirsty pollinators, it is also THE ONLY host plant that monarch butterflies lay their eggs upon....
by Happy Gardener | Mar 29, 2021 | Butterflies, Edibles, Herbs, Pollinators
Today is a celebration of two of our favorite butterfly-attracting herbs, fennel and dill. Fennel and dill are one of the reasons we like to advise planting some herbs for yourself to enjoy and some to offer the pollinators. Once the butterflies scout these out in...
