With warmer weather here, now is a good time to tidy up your winter-browned perennials. Pruning dead and live branches encourages vigorous growth and new flowers. How much you remove depends on the species. ‘New Gold’ lantana and most salvias can be cut to 3 inches above the ground, or to where fresh new leaves… Continue Reading Spring clean your landscape
A bevy of blossom-seekers made a beeline for SAWS’ main office to learn how to “Garden Like a Texan” during SAWS Spring Bloom, Saturday, March 8. Visitors learned how to sweeten up their landscapes for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, and got their choice of a free plant to get started. Did you miss out on… Continue Reading SAWS Spring Bloom celebrated pollinators and their plants
There’s another blooming chance to get your spring flower fix at Festival of Flowers! SAWS is cohosting the event that’s celebrating its 25th anniversary. Water-wise experts will show you how to save water in your landscape while planting for pollinators. The indoor garden mall and outdoor farmers market are there for your shopping pleasure —… Continue Reading Save the date: Festival of Flowers is May 31
2025 marks year 13 for SAWS WaterSaver Landscape Coupons, and that makes it so very lucky — for your landscape and your wallet! That’s because the coupons are now more valuable than ever. New this year: Coupon value increased to $125 More native and well-adapted plant choices 1-gallon ornamental trees now eligible New Plant by… Continue Reading WaterSaver Landscape Coupons are back — bigger and better than ever!
Get ready to “bee” the boss of your landscape when SAWS Spring Bloom bursts on the scene Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m. to noon! This year’s event is all about “bee-ing” mindful of your water use — and learning how the plants you choose for your landscape can save water and help pollinators thrive.… Continue Reading It’s the ‘bee’s knees’ of gardening: SAWS Spring Bloom is March 8
Just because it’s February doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods yet when it comes to freezing temperatures. Healthy, native and well-adapted plants in the ground with well-developed root systems stand a great chance of recovering after a frost. Soft, woody plants, active bloomers, tropicals and potted plants tend to be the most vulnerable. Here… Continue Reading Help your landscape fend off a freeze
It may not feel much cooler, but the days are getting shorter. That makes it the perfect time to enhance your outdoor living space and make water-saving changes to ease your budget. Landscape lacking shade? Now’s the time to get some trees in the ground. The milder temperatures provide excellent conditions for the roots to… Continue Reading Fall planting season is on the horizon
Fall is the best time to plant. So how do you exercise your green thumb until then? Now’s the perfect time to start prepping for that new splash of autumn garden color with a little sweltering help from the summer sun! Solarization involves layering clear plastic over the grass to create a steaming greenhouse effect… Continue Reading Prep now to use WaterSaver Coupons later
Allowing diversity within your landscape is one way to reduce dependence on summer watering. That includes letting go of the idea of a traditional lawn when wild plants spring up. Along with not requiring any water, these unintentional ground covers are true xeriscapes because they can withstand mowing and thrive in lawns. A few common… Continue Reading Embrace unintentional ground covers
A large lawn requires a lot of water, time and maintenance, now and in the future. Why not make life easier and let some of it go? There are so many more cool things you can do with your outdoor space — and SAWS WaterSaver Coupons can help you liven it up! Through Oct. 15,… Continue Reading Take the path to less grass with WaterSaver Coupons
