by Happy Gardener | Apr 22, 2024 | Pests & Diseases, Pollinators
With summer rounding out, and the fall pollinator season headed our way, I feel the need to write about the delicate balance of controlling garden pests and protecting our local wildlife and essential pollinators. Plants and garden pests go hand in hand. If you...
by Happy Gardener | Nov 4, 2023 | Annuals & Perennials, Fall Color, Native Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Texas Perennials
I spend plenty of time talking to you about Gregg’s Blue Mistflower in late summer to early fall. The fuzzy, baby-blue flowers it produces are a magnet to nectar-seeking Queen butterflies and Monarchs also drop in for a snack during their fall migration. But I would...
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 Rainbow Gardens | Feb 1, 2022 | Butterflies, hummingbirds, 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 | Sep 16, 2021 | Annuals & Perennials, Native/Xeriscape/Wildflowers, Pollinator Perennials, Texas Perennials, Xeriscape Solutions
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...
