May 20, 2025

The Woollywhites

By Cleveland Powell. These weeds aren’t likely to win any wildflower beauty pageants, but they do add whimsy to the natural world around San Antonio....

May 13, 2025

Rose heads dead? Cut them off!

By Martha Wright. Removing spent blooms encourages your rose bushes to keep on flowering. Having roses in your yard is such a treat when they...

April 29, 2025

Holla for Ollas!

By Brad Wier. This ancient method of drip irrigation provides consistent and reliable watering and it’s environmentally friendly. An ancient and efficient method irrigation useful...

April 21, 2025

Don’t Discount This Summer Sleeper

By Kevin Pride, SAWS Conservation Field Investigator. Though it’s less common than winter dormancy, some plants — like pink evening primrose — snooze over summer...

April 15, 2025

Plan now, plant later

By Gail Dugelby. Spring is a good time to ponder how your landscape will weather the summer. Then you can add glimmers of gardening gladness...

April 8, 2025

Tale of Two Bluebonnets

By Cleveland Powell. A bluebonnet is a bluebonnet is a bluebonnet, right? Not exactly. Most of us know the state flower of Texas is the...

April 1, 2025

Don’t be fooled by green, green grass

By Brad Wier. Some Texas native plants — including St. Augustine grass — are poorly adapted to life in our corner of the state. The...

March 24, 2025

Don’t Let FertilizerMake You Green with Envy

By Brad Wier, SAWS Conservation Planner Despite the warm weather, warm season turf grasses still aren’t actively growing. Applying fertilizer now — in March —...

March 20, 2025

A Tale of Two Plants: Square-bud Daisy

By Cleveland Powell. These two cheery daisies share the same common name, but they grow and thrive in very different soil environments. San Antonio and...

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