by Happy Gardener | Apr 4, 2023 | Fall Garden, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Trees & Shrubs
Japanese Maples are a beautiful addition to any garden or landscape, but growing them in San Antonio, Texas can be more of a challenge. While they are more suited to be grown east of I-35 (where the climate is less arid than ours), Japanese Maples are so loved for...
by Happy Gardener | Jan 25, 2023 | Evergreen Shrubs, Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Trees & Shrubs
If you didn’t do your homework researching plants before you bought them this spring, are you second-guessing some of your purchases right about now? Are you looking around your landscape and wondering if you could warm up to the look of brown plants in your yard?...
by Happy Gardener | Jul 18, 2022 | Seasonal & Gardening Tips, Summer Garden, Trees & Shrubs
“Rain, rain, come and play, keep coming back for many a day!” We all need to be shouting this and dancing as many rain dances as we can. This dry heat has been brutal on us AND all of our plants! Hopefully many of you have chosen to plant native plants or plants that...
by Happy Gardener | May 9, 2022 | Herbs, Ornamental Shrubs, Trees & Shrubs
This week, the St. John’s Wort we have at Rainbow Gardens is bursting into bloom and the display is spectacular! Sunshine-yellow flowers with fiber optic centers appear in profuse numbers as if to greet the arrival of summer and stay long enough to greet fall. Blooms...
by Rainbow Gardens | Jan 19, 2022 | Evergreen Shrubs, Privacy Hedges, Trees & Shrubs
Using shrubs as landscape plantings are a wonderful way to upgrade and add value to your homes. They can create interesting focal points or make wonderful backdrops to your perennial and annual gardens. Shrubs can provide structure to your landscape or provide privacy...
by Rainbow Gardens | Jan 12, 2022 | Evergreen Shrubs, Trees & Shrubs
Winter is a time when holly shrubs shine. Many produce vibrant berries, making the local wildlife foraging through winter very happy indeed. It’s still a great time to plant trees and shrubs in San Antonio, so today we are highlighting a few varieties of hollies. With...
