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Stock Flowers in San Antonio: A Fragrant Winter–Spring Favorite
Stock flowers (Matthiola incana) are a rewarding cool-season annuals for San Antonio gardeners. Known for their delightful cinnamon-and-clove fragrance, upright stems, and full, ruffled blooms, stock offers a nostalgic charm that instantly elevates winter and...
Forsythia Sage: Yellow Salvia Brings a Pop of Sunshine to Gardens
If you’re looking to add height, movement, and brilliant fall color to your landscape, forsythia sage (Salvia madrensis) is a unique and great choice for San Antonio and surrounding areas. Known for its tall, architectural form and soft, vibrant, yellow flower spikes,...
Growing Amaryllis in Texas Two Ways: Holiday Color/Spring Blooms
Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) is one of the easiest flowering bulbs to grow — and in Texas, you can enjoy it two ways: Forced indoors in fall for dazzling holiday blooms around Christmas. Planted outdoors in fall or winter for spring blooms, often right around Easter....
Dividing Perennials in Fall Equals Healthier Plants
In the warm climate of the San Antonio, Texas region, the cooler air and still-warm soils create a prime window for dividing perennials in fall. After the worst of summer heat, plants can focus energy on root re-establishment rather than full-throttle growth or bloom....
Discover the Beauty of Coral Vine in San Antonio
If you’re looking to add late-season color and pollinator appeal to your garden in the San Antonio area, look no further than the stunning Antigonon leptopus, commonly known as coral vine (also “Queen’s Wreath” or “Queen’s Crown Vine”). In this blog we’ll dive into...
Growing Mexicali Rose Fairy Duster in San Antonio
If you’re looking for a beautiful, drought-tough, pollinator-magnet shrub that thrives in the heat of South Texas, growing Mexicali Rose Fairy Duster might be your next favorite discovery! This semi-evergreen, compact shrub is a standout choice for San Antonio...
Texas Fall Aster: A Texas SuperStar® for San Antonio Gardens
As summer fades and most blooms begin to tire, Texas Fall Aster bursts into color, transforming landscapes with clouds of violet-lavender flowers. This tough, Texas-native perennial is a pollinator magnet, a drought-tolerant Texas SuperStar®, and a must-have for every...
Giant Mexican Turk’s Cap: A Hummingbird Magnet for San Antonio
If you’re looking for a resilient, colorful, and pollinator-friendly plant for your San Antonio landscape, Giant Mexican Turk’s Cap (Malvaviscus penduliflorus) deserves a top spot on your list. This Mexico native perennial adds a burst of red beauty to any garden...
Fall Marigolds: Pollinators, Culture and Blooming Beauty.
As the long, hot San Antonio summer begins to ease, fall offers a golden opportunity for gardeners. One of the most cheerful and useful plants you can plant in autumn is the marigold. Planting fall marigolds in San Antonio isn’t just about color—it’s about timing,...
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Herbs: Plant an Herb to Eat and to Give a Treat!
Herbs are a must for any type of gardener! Whether you prefer container gardening, veggie gardening, landscape gardening, or even indoor gardening, herbs can be included in all of these and are sure to enhance them as well. As a matter of fact, you might find yourself...
Fennel and Dill: Butterfly Super Herbs
Today is a celebration of two of our favorite butterfly-attracting herbs, fennel and dill. Fennel and dill are one of the reasons we like to advise planting some herbs for yourself to enjoy and some to offer the pollinators. Once the butterflies scout these out in...
Texas Native Wildflowers for San Antonio and Hill Country
We are going absolutely wild for wildflowers this fall by bringing you two great products for upcoming wildflower planting season. Our Texas Native Wildflowers Seed Mix is full of native wildflower seeds that intend to bring you gorgeous native blooms year after year....
Trying Native Plants In Your San Antonio Landscape
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...
Agastache: Bountiful Blooms Through Summer
Agastache, also known as hummingbird mint, horsemint, and hyssop, is a wonderful perennial to include in your San Antonio pollinator gardens or potted patio gardens. When agastache is flowering it becomes a workhorse, producing long lasting blooms and bringing in the...
Pride of Barbados, Caesalpinia pulcherrima: Care and Grow Guide
Throughout summer in San Antonio, when customers come in describing the most beautiful plant they've just seen and start describing the vibrant blooms that combine red, orange and yellow in one flower, we lead them straight to our selection of Pride of Barbados,...
Gregg’s Blue Mistflower: A Hot Weather Bloomer for 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 butterflies in droves...
Lavender: A Favorite San Antonio Herb
Lavender is a wonderful choice for an herb to grow in San Antonio because it's drought tolerant nature makes it a perfect fit for our city. Lavendula angustifolia. There are about 27 species of the lavender plant, with the most popular varieties being English (Vera,...
Green Lacewings, a beneficial insect that devours aphids
Most gardeners have heard of using ladybugs to fight off aphids, but not everyone knows about lacewings. These two beneficial insects are powerhouses when it comes to battling aphids. It’s just a fact that milkweed and aphids go hand in hand. Aphids love to congregate...
