Artículos de Leaf
Our Power, Our Planet – Round Deux ‘Rewilding’
Our planet is resilient and will overcome obstacles to restore equilibrium. Nature is capable of miraculous things! Let’s give it a boost. Best way to do this? Rewilding. Sounds great but what is it? Rewilding is any activity that promotes our biosphere’s return to a...
Texas Sage
Texas Sage – A Valuable Texas Native Clocks display time of day, computers show time and date. Watches notify of those and steps taken. But a plant that forecasts the weather? Yep! It’s called Texas Sage or the “Barometer Bush!” Yet another is Texas...
Caladium
Charismatic, Cheerful Caladiums! Caladiums, with a huge array of leaf colors, are great fillers for the landscape, equally at home and useful in beds, containers, and hanging baskets, especially as these can be maintained as somewhat acidic, moist but well drained...
Super Salvia!
Salvia, common name Sage, can be an annual or perennial. It has many forms, flower colors and animates any Austin Garden. Enough to excite all the butterflies, pollinators, and hummingbirds for miles around! Fun to Know: Texas has 22 types of Salvia that are native!...
Lantana
Oh, Lantana, Let Us Lean into the Ways We Love Our Lovely Lantana (Sorry, not sorry, for all the L’s!) Sun loving and drought tolerant Lantanas (part of the Verbena family) are truly remarkable. In 2020, when it was named “Plant of the Year” by the National Garden...
Our Power, Our Planet
Earth Day 2025’s theme was applied to energy; but it also applies to our greenspaces approach. We do have “power”, to benefit the planet, individually and collectively by incorporating plants in more nuanced ways. Green installations and maintenance are artificial...
Of Oaks and Eagles, and Lichen
Are oaks, eagles, and lichen related? Yes! They are “keystone species.” These species are organisms that have a huge impact upon an ecosystem. Larger than their abundance in that system would suggest. They keep nature’s systems healthy and producing food for all...
Can I Grow Roses in Austin?
Do Roses grow in Austin? Absolutely yes, the right varieties thrive here! It wasn’t that many years ago that roses were considered so fussy that they were banished to separate gardens. No more, thanks to modern genetics. Now you can use them everywhere in the...
Gregg’s Blue Mist Flower
Gregg’s Blue Mist Flower really is a Super Star – Texas Size! Gregg‘s Blue Mist flower was named a Texas Superstar ® in fall of 2024. One of among 90 that have earned this coveted title. Deservedly so! Native to Texas and much of the U.S., Blue Mist attracts a...
Texas Native Plant Palette
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Leaf Presents Vendor of the Year Award to Greenlake Nursery
Featured in Picture Above:Left to right...Trey Wyatt – CoOwner LeafAustin Quimby – Owner GreenlakeJacob Clark – Austin Area Sales GreenlakeBrad Seever – CoOwner Leaf We were finally able to catch up with our friends @greenlakenurserytx to present them with our 2024...
What’s Your Soil?
“What’s your sign?” NOPE “What’s Your Soil?” Austin is a crossroads with 3 soil types and your plants feel the difference. Most Common in Austin Edwards Plateau: Generally, west of I-35. Exposed and/or crumbled limestone and clay soil. Challenge: usually not enough...
An Abelia for Any Location!
Abelias are evergreen to semi evergreen medium size woody shrubs. Their small leaves can be dark green or a combination of colors with many varieties acquiring different colors during cold snaps. But wait there is more! These plants take it further and have beautiful...
Liriope
A dependable upright small or large space filler – Liriope (People say it all kinds of ways, and sometimes call it Monkey Grass! This plant is a actually, a type of lily that looks like a grass. A clumping plant that usually has upright green leaves although...
Texas Mountain Laurel
What’s green and purple and smells like grape soda? The Texas Mountain Laurel, native to central Texas south central Mexico and west to New Mexico. This large shrub has evergreen dark glossy compound (rose-like) leaves and may form a small, multi stemmed tree....
Camellia
What blooms in winter in Austin? Deer Resistant Camellias! SKUs - 5943, 7091, and 7563 Camellias, cultivated in Asia for at least 1000 years, have 2 main types grown in Austin. Japanese and Sasanqua. Both have glossy green leaves and rose shaped flowers. Neither do...
A Guide to USDA Plant Zones in Austin
Austin is unique. Our music, food, and culture. Unique for plants too; Greater Austin encompasses 3 Eco Regions and 2 climate zones - from Jarrell to San Marcos, and roughly Bastrop to Dripping Springs. Fortunately, this resource helps with climate zones. The...
Culture
This is a thank you letter to all you Leafers out there. All of you contribute and nurture our Servant Leadership culture. This the major reason for the success of Leaf Landscape Supply. The main tenant of this would be “ Treat others better than you expect to be...
Smart Irrigation Systems
What is “Smart” Irrigation and why should I care? Let’s start with why. 2 huge reasons. Beneficial to the environment It will hit your pocketbook one way or another very soon. Get ahead of it and reap the savings faster! Like up to 50%!!! PLUS get the bragging rights...
Carolina Cherry Laurel
A Workhorse in Austin Landscapes! Need a fast-growing, big, deer-resistant evergreen hedge but don’t know where to start? Plant Cherry Laurel, also known as Carolina Cherry Laurel! Talk about tough, this plant fared much better than many in the 2021 winter weather...
Wetting our Plants – Austin Style!
Water is News. Where it’s from, going, and the prognosis for more. Too much water or too little. Conservation always important. Modern cities, like Austin, have long range plans which usually include demands to use water sparingly, and encouraging xeriscaping. Texas...