The Garden Center

10682 Bandera Road, San Antonio TX 78250

The Garden Center is a great option for trees, flowering perennials and gardening supplies. This family business is a jack of all trades with a respectable selection. Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Annuals, Vegtables, Herbs and Fruit trees, The Garden Center does it all! The staff is always helpful and kind and ready to answer any plant question or load a customer's car. The Garden Center is conveniently located in an easy to reach location for just about anyone in the greater San Antonio area. They keep the garden center well staffed and well oiled like a plant selling machine! The Garden Center has been building a beautiful park like plant nursery since 1986 and their dedication shows!

Shop local businesses and stop by and meet the Garden Center folks, you will be happy you did!


PROS: Great all around plant options

CONS: Smaller selection of flowering perennials than others

Top 3

Wilson Tree and Landscape Nursery 

14650 Bandera Road, Helotes TX 78023

Helotes Trusted Tree Source For 30 Years!       Helotes TX #1 Florist For 30 Years!

Wilson Tree and Landscape Nursery on the Northwest side of San Antonio, TX in Helotes is a native tree lovers paradise. You can find all the classics like Monterrey Oaks, Red Oaks, and Live Oaks here in multiple shapes and sizes including extra large. Additionally, Wilson's has entire sections of uncommon and hard to find trees that no other nursery or garden center carries regularly. Trees like Lacey oaks, Bigtooth Maples, Anacuas, Texas ash and literally dozens more can be found at wilson's Tree Nursery. Wilson's Tree and Landscape Nursery carries all these trees and hundreds of other varieites virtually year round and in multiple sizes with dozens of options. Wilson's carries a diverse selection of evergreen trees, tall shade trees, flowering trees, fall foliage trees and everything else you can possibly think of. Wilson's has a giant crape myrtle section with every color available and giant sizes. Documenting every tree species Wilson's keeps in stock would take pages, but texas native tree lovers will be well pleased to take a visit out to Helotes to meet the Wilsons.

No other nursery takes customer service quite as seriously as Wilson's Tree and Landscape Nursery. The entire staff is friendly, knowledgeable and always has time to answer questions and show customers around. Wilson's offers planting services and some of the best prices on large and native trees in all of San Antonio. They also carry flowering perennials and have a beautiful location filled with antiques and atmosphere.


PROS: Wilson's Tree and Landscape Nursery offers the best tree selection in San Antonio

Cons: Smaller location than other nurseries on the list

Milberger's Landscape And Nursery :

PROS: Great selection of flowering perennials and Trees

CONS: known to be expensive


Fanick's Garden Center :

PROS: Great selection of flowering perennials and Trees

CONS: Poor Location

Honorable Mentions


  In San Antonio, Texas And Helotes, Texas

Rainbow Gardens is the type of Garden Center and plant nursery that is tough to beat! They have spent decades building their giant garden center into a flowering perennial powerhouse, with virtually every flower, vine, succulent and shrub that working in South Texas! Rainbow Gardens has two equally impressive Garden Centers: One Rainbow Gardens location at 8516 Bandera Rd, San Antonio TX 78250 and the other location at 2585 Thousand Oaks Dr, San Antonio, TX 78232. Rainbow Gardens Boasts that they have "More choices for the home gardener than any other garden center in the region" and when it comes to flowering perennials this is 100% true. Plus, for the vegetable gardeners, Rainbow Gardens offers an unbeatable selection of vegetables that all the big box stores combined couldnt match. The staff is always friendly, although the size and popularity of Rainbow Gardens can make it difficult to get attention and check out. Rainbow Gardens locations offer peaceful ambience on days when less customers are around. Rainbow Gardens even offers a selection of trees in smaller sizes. If you would like to see every flower in existence, Rainbow Gardens is the place for you!


PROS: Packed with flowering perennials of all kinds

CONS: Often crowded and hard to get attention

Rainbow Gardens

2585 Thousand Oaks Dr, San Antonio, TX 78232

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