by Happy Gardener | Aug 15, 2024 | Native Shrubs, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Xeriscape Solutions
The benefits of adding more native plants to your landscape are numerous. Native varieties tend to withstand the harsh conditions that our Texas climate can doll out better than non native varieties. If you choose your selections carefully, you can provide food and...
by Happy Gardener | Nov 4, 2021 | Native Shrubs, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Ornamental Shrubs, Trees & Shrubs, Xeriscape Solutions
Texas Sage (Leucophyllum frutescens), also called Cenizo, just happens to be one of our favorite native shrubs, so today is a celebration of this profuse blooming, ‘rain prediciting’, Texas hardy plant. Before I knew anything about the nursery business, I...
by Happy Gardener | May 20, 2021 | Native Perennials, Native Shrubs, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Xeriscape Solutions
Let’s just take a second and allow our native plants to have a major brag moment. Don’t you think they deserve it? Our native plants looked snow, ice, and extended freeze exposure in the face and said, “We got this!” Have you taken a look...
by Happy Gardener | Oct 12, 2020 | Fall Garden, Native Perennials, Native Shrubs, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Seasonal & Gardening Tips
To celebrate shrub planting season, the cooler weather and the gorgeous fall blooms that come along with it, we’ve decided to highlight a few of our favorite fall-blooming native perennials and shrubs. If you’ve never considered choosing native plants for your...
by Rainbow Gardens | May 14, 2019 | Native Perennials, Native Shrubs, Native Trees, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers
The tales of my gardening successes (vegetables not included) can be chalked up to two time frames, “before learning about native plants” and “after learning about native plants”. I can tell you right now, if not for incorporating native plants...
by Rainbow Gardens | Aug 21, 2015 | Native Shrubs, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Ornamental Shrubs, Trees & Shrubs
(Oh, what a beauty!) I can tell we are tapering off summer by a number of things: my calendar gets filled with upcoming events that are actually important for me to remember, the invitations to come over for a “fun” day of scrolling through thousands of...
