by Happy Gardener | Aug 21, 2020 | Fall Garden, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Spring Garden, Wildflower Mixes
Here it is! Our last installment detailing the amazing wildflower seeds that you will get in our Hill country Pollinator mix for 2020. October – November is the time to get these seeds planted (September, in the Hill Country). Our mix this year has twice the...
by Happy Gardener | Jun 9, 2020 | Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Xeriscape Solutions
Caring for native plants in San Antonio is most definitely less work than if you choose non-native specimens. However, this doesn’t mean that grabbing a native plant, shoving it willy nilly into your landscape, and leaving it to the elements is the route you...
by Happy Gardener | May 13, 2020 | Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators, Xeriscape Solutions
Including native plants in your San Antonio landscape can open up a whole new world of gardening. You’ll find that the addition of native plants allows you more time in the long run to actually enjoy your garden, to bring species of native pollinators to your...
by Happy Gardener | May 12, 2020 | Annuals & Perennials, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinator Perennials, Pollinators
Have you heard of Gregg’s Blue Mistflower, one of our favorite hot-weather pollinator plants? If you haven’t, today is your lucky day because we are giving Gregg’s Blue Mistflower a proper shout out. This pollinator attracting plant brings the...
by Happy Gardener | May 9, 2020 | Annuals & Perennials, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinator Perennials, Texas Perennials
Look around landscapes in San Antonio, both residential and commercial, and you will most likely see some variety of salvia thriving there. It’s no wonder that salvia fits perfectly into our garden designs. Salvia is a heat tolerant, drought resistant, native,...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 30, 2019 | Butterflies, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinators
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...
