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Our soil doesn’t freeze like northern soil, so planting during the fall and winter provides the absolute best opportunity for plants to grow, thrive and survive our very hot summers. The [...]

For enthusiasts who love to grow their own herbs and attract butterflies to their gardens, several cool season herbs can be used as food plants for you and many common butterfly caterpillars. [...]

From hauntingly humorous to truly terrifying, garden tales of misery and woe hover and haunt unsuspecting homeowners. Read on for the shocking revelations. As we draw nearer to the spook and [...]

A high water bill may be your first clue that something is terribly amiss. But there are a few other signs that signal you may be overwatering your landscape. Sometimes the biggest water waste [...]

CPS Energy wants you to plant some green in your yard. In return, they’ll put a little green back in your wallet. Shade trees, properly placed and planted, will significantly reduce cooling [...]

San Antonio is all aflutter with monarch butterflies, now migrating over Texas en route to Mexico to roost for the winter. Come celebrate this fantastic flight this weekend! Monarch butterflies [...]

The autumn months are the best time to sow wildflowers for spring. But before you start planting, get to know a few particulars first. This may be fallen leaves and pumpkin everything season, but [...]

Spend time in nature studying what’s growing around you. It’ll make plant selection and placement for your new garden a cinch. Planning a garden and transforming a space is very exciting, but [...]

From being deer resistant and drought tolerant to attracting butterflies and bees, salvias are the smart choice for your landscape. Although there are many special plants on our WaterSaver [...]

To keep or not to keep: that is the question every homeowner must answer themselves when it comes to ash juniper in the landscape. Growing up in the Hill Country, I still refer to ashe [...]