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Milberger's Nursery and Landscaping
3920 North Loop 1604 E.
San Antonio, TX 78247
210.497.3760
charlesmartelli@milbergernursery.com

Open 9 to 6 Mon. through Sat.
and 10 to 5 on Sun.


Three exits east of 281, inside of 1604
Next to the Diamond Shamrock station
Please click map for more detailed map and driving directions.


Animal Tales

  1. My little dog Chico was killed by stinging nettle!

Composting & Mulching

  1. Don't Bag ItTM - Compost It!
  2. Easy Gardening: Mulching
  3. Home worm production
  4. Mulches for low-cost/low-maintenance landscapes
  5. Using Shredded Paper and Tree Leaves in the Garden

Flowers

  1. Angel's Trumpet
  2. African Violets
  3. Bluebonnet
  4. Bougainvillea
  5. Bouncing Bet
  6. Buddelia
  7. Bulb Planting and Care -- For Spring- and - Fall Planted
    Bulbs
  8. Bulbs Which Naturalize
  9. Bush morning glory (George Bush Morning Glory)
  10. Butterfly Plant
  11. Butterfly Vine
  12. Cactus
  13. Celosia
  14. Christmas Cactus
  15. Columbine
  16. Cosmos
  17. Crape Myrtle
  18. Crinums
  19. Crown of Thorns
  20. Daffodils
  21. Daylily
  22. Duranta (Brazilian Sky Flower, Golden Dew Drop, Pigeon Berry, Sky Flower)
  23. Easter lily
  24. Esperanza
  25. Firespike
  26. Firebush
  27. Flowers for All Seasons
  28. Four O'Clock
  29. Geraniums
  30. GROWING ANNUALS FOR CUTFLOWERS
  31. Hibiscus
  32. Hummingbrid Attractors and Butterfly Plants
  33. Jatropha
  34. Jerusalem Cherry--Ornamental and Deer Resistant
  35. Language of Flowers
  36. Larkspur
  37. Natal Plum
  38. Orchid
  39. Periwinkle (Annual Vinca), 'Cora'.
  40. Petunia - Laura Bush
  41. Phlox - Perennial or Summer Phlox
  42. Plumbago
  43. Poinsettia and Christmas Tree Care
  44. Pride of Barbados
  45. Purslane
  46. Rose - Belinda's Dream
  47. Rose - Grandma's Yellow
  48. Rose, Peggy Martin Survivor Rose
  49. Roses for South Central Texas
  50. Salvia
  51. Sweet Pea
  52. Thryallis
  53. Turk's Cap
  54. Verbena
  55. Vinca (Annual Periwinkle), 'Cora'
  56. Vitex
  57. Water Plants for the Shade
  58. Waterlilies
  59. Wildflowers in bloom
  60. Wildflower Planting in the Fall

Fruit

  1. Apples
  2. Apples & More!
  3. Avocados
  4. Bananas
  5. Blackberries
  6. Blueberries
  7. Changsha Tangerine Citrus
  8. Citrus - Home Fruit Production
  9. Citrus--Patio Citrus -- Satsumas and Others
  10. Citrus--Patio Citrus -- Satsumas and Other's Damage
  11. Figs
  12. Figs--Columns and Recipes compiled by Jerry Parsons
  13. Fruit Facts
  14. Fruit gardening in Texas
  15. Fruit Growing in the Texas Hill Country ---- Texas Fruit Culture
  16. Fruit Information Web Links
  17. Fruit Sources Online
  18. Grape arbors
  19. Grapefruit
  20. Homeowner's Guide to Pests of Peaches, Plums and
    Pecans
  21. Jatropha
  22. Jerusalem Cherry--Ornamental and Deer Resistant
  23. Jujubes
  24. Lemons
  25. Limes
  26. Mandarins
  27. Mangos
  28. Mayhaws
  29. Miscellaneous Citrus
  30. Muscadine grapes
  31. Nutritional composition of fruits
  32. Olives
  33. Oranges
  34. Organic Fruit Production Potential
  35. Papayas
  36. Peach production in Texas
  37. Pears
  38. Persimmons
  39. Recommended fruits and berries for North Central Texas
  40. Stone fruit (apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums)
  41. Strawberry
  42. Vineyards
  43. WEATHER FORECAST: Hydrometeorological Prediction Center

Gardening

  1. Care of Gardening Tools
  2. Container gardening
  3. Earthkind Gardening
  4. Easy Gardening: Disease control
  5. Gardening in a Potty (Potty-O Gardening)
  6. HOTTEST plants growing
  7. Hydroponic gardening as a hobby
  8. MININPUTS: Gardening with a minimum of inputs
  9. Planting guide: Fall
  10. Planting guide: Spring
  11. Potty-O-Gardening at the 2005 Festival of Flowers
  12. Using Shredded Paper and Tree Leaves in the Garden
  13. Water gardening in Texas
  14. Water plants that tolerate shade

House plants

  1. Abuse-resistant plants
  2. All About Growing Houseplants
  3. Care & Selection of Indoor Plants
  4. Houseplants and Interiorscape Plants
  5. Light requirements of selected house plants
  6. Master gardener's house plant guide
  7. Plants suitable for hanging baskets

Insects

  1. Bug Guide
  2. Bugs which are Deadly
  3. Insect Bulletins and Information
  4. CUT ANT CONTROL
  5. Beneficial Nematodes
  6. Butterfly Gallery
  7. Grub Control
  8. Spiders
  9. TAMU Entomology Insect Images
  10. What's That Bug?

Landscaping

  1. Arboriculture
  2. Chinkapin Oak
  3. How to Select and Plant a Tree
  4. Pruning Ornamental Plant Material
  5. Recommended plants for ...
  6. Sandbur (grassbur) in turf grass
  7. Selecting, Planting and Maintaining Landscape Plants

Miscellaneous

Nuts

  1. Evaluating pecan problems
  2. Homeowner's Guide to Pests of Peaches, Plums and
    Pecans
  3. Home Fruit Production: Pecans
  4. Native pecans
  5. Pecans as health food
  6. Pecan Trees and Why Limbs Break
  7. Pecan Nut Drop and Limb Breakage
  8. Recommended nuts for North Central Texas
  9. Texas pecan orchards
  10. Walnuts

Ornamental plants

  1. Bougainvillea
  2. Chinkapin Oak
  3. Crape Myrtle
  4. Easter lily
  5. Oleander Problem
  6. Ornamental plants resistant to cotton root rot
  7. Ornamental plants for South Central Texas
  8. Plants of Ornamental Value for the Rio Grande Valley
  9. Plumbago
  10. Sago Palms
  11. Tapioca, Variegated Ornamental
  12. Texas ornamental plant material
  13. Vitex

Pest-resistant plants

  1. "Best of the Best" deer-resistant landscape plants
  2. "Dog-on-it" lawn problems
  3. Repellents and barriers for deer, dogs, cats and other varmints
  4. Gophers in Texas and Gopher Control
  5. Grasshopper-Resistant Plants

Poisonous plants

  1. Alphabetical listing of poisonous plants
  2. Plants toxic to animals
  3. Cornell University's poisonous plants page
  4. Non-Toxic Plants Suitable for Pets
  5. North Carolina State University poisonous plant page
  6. Plants toxic to animals
  7. Plants Which Are Poisonous to Cats
  8. Poisonous Plants and Animals
  9. Poisonous plants information resource

Propagation

Recipes

SOIL TESTING

SUPERSTAR PLANTS OF TEXAS

Tomatoes

  1. Easy Gardening: Tomatoes
  2. Large Healthy Surprise
  3. Tomato444
  4. Tomato, Appleton Red Currant Tomato
  5. Tomatoes and Spider Mites
  6. Tomato Growing Techniques
  7. Tomato Problem Solver

Trees & Shrubs

  1. Characteristics of crape myrtle varieties
  2. Counting Rings of a Tree to Determine Age
  3. Evaluation and Replacement Value of Texas Shade Trees
  4. Growing Christmas trees in Texas
  5. Growing Quality Trees Fast
  6. How to Select and Plant a Tree
  7. Oak Wilt Information
  8. Palms for Texas
  9. Pruning Trees
    1. Crapemyrtle
    2. Proper pruning techniques
    3. Pruning Landscape Trees
    4. Ten Pruning Commandments
  10. Why Leaves Change Colors
  11. Texas Mountain Laurel
  12. Texas Native Trees
  13. Texas Native Trees & Shrubs
  14. Texas Tree Planting Guide
  15. Tree Planting Design and Dimensions

Turf grass

  1. A&M Turfgrass Information
  2. Aerification of Turfgrass
  3. Broadleaf weed control
  4. Control of Take-All Patch Root Rot Fungus Disease
  5. "Dog-on-it" lawn problems
  6. Evapotranspiration and rainfall in Texas
  7. Factors Contributing to Major Problems in St. Augustinegrass Lawns, 2006 2007
  8. Floratam St. Augustinegrass -- How do you KNOW you are buying real Floratam?
  9. Floratam St. Augustine Grass -- Plugging to eliminate
    damaged areas from drought and/or San Augustine Decline Virus
  10. Floratam St. Augustine Grass -- the BEST Grass for South and South Central Texas
  11. Forage bermuda
  12. Grassy weed control
  13. Grub Control
  14. Mowing costs
  15. Mowing schedules for turfgrass species
  16. Overseeding bermuda with rye grass
  17. Preparing St. Augustine turf for the winter in colder areas.
  18. Sandbur or Grassbur (Sticker) Control
  19. Texas Tree Planting Guide
  20. Turf grass establishment and care of newly planted sod
  21. Turf grass fertilization
  22. Turf grass nutrition
  23. Turf grass management and use resources
  24. Water management on turf grass
  25. Weed control in turf
  26. Weed images and descriptions
  27. Weeds in buffalo grass
  28. Yellow St. Augustine grass

Vegetables

  1. Asparagus
  2. Baby vegetables
  3. Beets
  4. Broccoli, Green Magic
  5. Carrots
  6. Collards
  7. Corn History and Travels
  8. Cucumbers
  9. Disappearing Vegetable Varieties--Tomatoes and Broccoli
  10. Green beans
  11. Harvesting Vegetables
  12. Herbs
  13. Herbs and Aromas Information
  14. Hoffman Cluster Surprise
  15. Keys to growing vegetables successfully
  16. Lettuce, Crawford
  17. Nutritional composition of vegetables
  18. Okra
  19. Onions
  20. Onion facts
  21. Onion History
  22. Onion Laws
  23. Our Vegetable Travelers
  24. Parsons Potent Chili Penguin
  25. Peppers
  26. Pepper, 2007 Gourmet Chili Pepper and Salsa Festival
  27. Pepper, Ornamental Capsicum Annum 'NuMex Twilight'
  28. Potatoes
  29. Radishes
  30. Recommended vegetable varieties for Texas
  31. Specialty vegetables in Texas
  32. Specialty vegetable seed sources
  33. Sweet corn
  34. Spinach
  35. Spinach--Organic Contamination from California
  36. Tomato - Amelia
  37. Tomato, Appleton Red Currant Tomato
  38. Tomatoes
  39. Tomato444
  40. Tomato Problem Solver
  41. Tomato, Solar Fire
  42. Tomato, SunPride
  43. Transplant and Seedling Growing For Home Gardeners
  44. Turnips and mustards
  45. Vegetable Variety Trials
    1. 2007 Spring Tomato Variety Trials
    2. 2006 Watermelon Variety Trials
    3. 2006 Spring Tomato Variety Trials
    4. 2005 Watermelon Variety Trials
    5. 2004 Statewide Watermelon Variety Trials
    6. 1999 Tomato Variety Trials
    7. 2005 Spring Tomato Trials
    8. 2004 Spring Broccoli Variety Trials
    9. 2003 Broccoli Variety Trials
    10. 2003 Fall Tomato Variety Trials
    11. 2003 Tomato Variety Trials
    12. 2001 Fall Tomato Variety Trials
    13. 2001 Tomato Variety Trials
    14. 2003 Watermelon Variety Trials
    15. 2002 Watermelon Variety Trials
    16. 2001 Watermelon Variety Trials
    17. 2000 Watermelon Variety Trials

Videos

  • People Place Alley Gardens with Dr. Roland Roberts, retired Professor and Horticulturist in Lubbock, Texas
    • Growing asparagus (7:13)
    • Sowing carrots on top of beets
    • Spring garden and garden orientation
    • Drip irrigation (6:48)
    • Trellising snow peas and other vegetables (2:39)
    • Mulch and mulches (6:09)
    • Planting green beans (6:49)
    • Spacing members of the cabbage family (2:20)
    • Removing row covers, adding wind breaks (2:55)
    • A bit about lettuce (2:59)
    • Spacing sweet corn (1:54)
    • Cages and plastic for tomatoes (8:10)
    • Pollinating squash by hand, squash bugs (4:40)
    • Severe weather, tomatoes, and snow peas (6:53)
    • Solving common potato problems (4:57)
    • Growing cucumbers on trellises (7:02)
    • Harvesting the cabbage family (6:45)
    • Tomatoes: coping with heat and mites (6:17)
    • Planting broccoli for a fall crop (7:29)
    • Planting carrots for the fall garden (7:02)
    • Planting fall beets and corn (6:02)

Water Gardens

  1. A Super Water Garden Story! by Duane Eaton
  2. Algae in Your Pond
  3. Holes in Lily Pads
  4. Pond Snails
  5. WaterGardening--Best Watergarden Plants for Texas
  6. Water Garden Information
  7. Wintering Water Lilies in
    Central & South Texas

Water Savers — Smarter Watering

  1. Drip Irrigation Systems
  2. Easy Gardening: Mulching
  3. Efficient use of water in the garden and landscape
  4. Evaporation and rainfall in Texas
  5. Factors considered important by successful vegetable growers
  6. Landscape Water Conservation ... Xeriscape
  7. Mulches for low-cost/low-maintenance landscapes
  8. Non-irrigated turf maintenance - Lawns, parks, school grounds, sports fields and golf courses
  9. San Antonio Water System rules, regulations and suggestions
  10. Water Barrel Instructions
  11. Water Saver - Drought Survival
  12. Water management on turfgrasses

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