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 | Oct 6, 2021 | Fall Garden, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, News & Events, Pollinators, Seasonal & Gardening Tips
On Wednesday I got to sit in on another great Rainbow Gardens seminar and decided to offer you all a little recap. Today’s seminar was on planting wildflowers in San Antonio. Laura Jarvis walked attendees through the steps needed to successfully sow wildflower...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 16, 2021 | Pollinators
Urban pollinator gardens are a way to help build local ecosystems and support the biodiversity that is abundantly found within them. By definition, ecosystems are geographical areas where organisms (both living and nonliving) work together to create a communicable,...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 16, 2021 | Annuals & Perennials, Pollinators
Sometimes I feel that lantana gets a bad rap at the nurseries. Customers will come in asking for perennial, deer resistant, drought tolerant, low maintenance plants for their landscapes but then say, “but nothing boring like lantana”. What?! Here is a plant that...
by Happy Gardener | Sep 15, 2021 | Annuals & Perennials, Fall Garden, Pollinators, Summer Garden
You know how at the end of summer, plants look a little peaked and you are craving some color in your landscape but the weather is still too warm for cool weather annuals to really live comfortably? Enter the solution. Profusion zinnia is a great choice for...
