by Happy Gardener | Aug 11, 2022 | Cactus & Succulents, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers
Agave are wonderful specimens to include in your San Antonio landscapes. They bring textural interest to your surroundings while providing an evergreen, low maintenance and low water usage plant. They love the sunshine and the heat it produces, most can even tolerate...
by Happy Gardener | Jun 23, 2022 | Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Summer Garden
Every summer, the blooms of Pavonia Rock Rose seem to surprise me. While they bloom spring through fall here in San Antonio, I’m always amazed that the plants are still blooming beautifully through the San Antonio summer heat. The candy-pink flowers of Pavonia Rock...
by Happy Gardener | May 9, 2022 | Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Summer Garden, Xeriscape Solutions
Most people know to look for perennial plants that are cold hardy in their region, but here in Texas it’s about as important to look for perennial plants that can withstand our Texas heat. If you’ve ever planted something in spring just to watch it wither and die...
by Happy Gardener | Apr 6, 2022 | Annuals & Perennials, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinator Perennials, Pollinators
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 | Butterflies, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators, Wildflower Mixes
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 Happy Gardener | Mar 8, 2022 | Cactus & Succulents, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers
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...
