Creepy Crawlers
With warm temperatures settling in, gardeners can expect to see swarming insects appearing more regularly. This is a common springtime - and sometimes fall - occurrence in which reproductives emerge from their colonies and take flight in search of a mate. It most often happens on warm days after significant rainfall, though some species, such as Formosan termites, may swarm at night.
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Focus on a Native: Sycamore
The American Sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, is a large tree native to much of the eastern and central United States including eastern Texas and the Texas Hill Country. As a heavy water user, it grows best along stream beds and in bottomlands, and in moist sandy loam or silty clay.
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Tips from The Garden
Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. -Geoffrey B. Charlesworth
Spring 2026 arrives on Friday, March 20, 2026, at 9:46 a.m. CST. There is still time to enjoy the cool-season bedding plants, such as daffodils, snapdragons, alyssum and pansies, which are at their peak in our area, but will shortly begin to decline. If there are any that you particularly enjoy, make a note to plant them in your own garden in the fall. A spring bloomer that is well adapted to the soils of Comal County is the Philippine lily, a close relative of the Easter Lily.
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Tips from the Garden
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. ~Samuel Johnson~
Despite our current drought, the sunshine and warming weather will bring the flowers, the colors and the scents of springtime. The beautiful dry weather allows for a walk around the neighborhood and in our many parks to catch what we can of this lovely time. Working in our gardens can be a wonderful and beneficial for our body and spirit.
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Veggies, Q&As, and Native Plants
Happenings and Harvests in the Veggie Garden
A weekly log of veggie garden activities
Native Plant Gallery
Visit our gallery of native plants--and Go Native!