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NPSOT-Boerne Chapter Newletters & Articles

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- 2010 - Newsletters   PDF Format (full edition) Microsoft Word Format (text only) January (582KB) (99KB) February (876KB) (1021KB) March (582KB) (99KB)

Articles January NICE! 10 for '10 — starting with an old favorite by Bill Ward   Still green after being in the freezer by Bill Ward   Early-Blooming Redbud, NICE! Plant for February by Bill Ward February The Native-Plant Guru of the Trans-Pecos Collected in Kendall County by Bill Ward   Coral honeysuckle, a NICE! vine for landscaping by Bill Ward March “Native-Plant Watch” — helping Boerne school children grow native by Bill Ward

- 2009 - Newsletters   PDF Format (full edition) Microsoft Word Format (text only) January (349KB) (84KB) February (255KB) (89KB) March (303KB) (96KB) April (260KB) (85KB) May (255KB) (93KB) June (1341KB) (81KB) September (483KB) (101KB) October (267KB) (95KB) November (1439KB) (3465KB) December (1943KB) (99KB)

Articles January Yucca - aquifer-friendly landscape plant by Bill Ward   People Names in Native-Plant Names, Part VIII - the Female Factor by Bill Ward   Evergreen sumac - a favorite shrub that bears another mention by Bill Ward February The Texas Hill Country is Fern Habitat, Too by Bill Ward March Acacias are NICE! in this part of the Hill Country by Bill Ward April What's Blooming during this Brown Spring? by Bill Ward   SUN shines on Chuck Janzow by Bill Ward May Anacacho Orchid Tree, a NICE! Landscape Plant for the Hill Country by Bill Ward   Steve Lowe suggests May as month of the "maguey lily" by Bill Ward   Rose Pavonia - NICE! Bloomer for Hot, Dry Summer by Bill Ward June Sustaining Mother Nature with Native Plants by Bill Ward   Pigeon-berry — NICE! plant for shady spots by Bill Ward July Native Plants and the Drought — Some Random Observations by Bill Ward August "Texas Native Plant Week" signed by the Governor by Bill Ward   Bluebell Gentian, Favorite Wildflower of the Drought by Bill Ward   Black dalea - NICE! for hot, dry gardens by Bill Ward September Yards of the future - which native plants will be used? by Bill Ward   Texas Ash — NICE! tree for October by Bill Ward October Early fall is "springtime" in the Chisos Mts of Big Bend by Bill Ward   Big Red Sage Near Boerne, Then and Now by Bill Ward November Nolina — the “bunch grass” that isn't grass by Bill Ward   Prairies — more than grass on flat land by Bill Ward   The ligustrum woods of Boerne — landscape at its worst by Bill Ward December The native-plant garden and nursery in Medina, Texas by Bill Ward   100 More Bigtooth Maples Line the Streets of Boerne by Bill Ward

- 2008 - Newsletters   PDF Format (full edition) Microsoft Word Format (text only) January (374KB) (64KB) February (446KB) (84KB) March (130KB) (89KB) April (471KB) (75KB) May (584KB) (74KB) June (490KB) (72KB) September (511KB) (97KB) October (643KB) (93KB) November (940KB) (80KB) December (319KB) (73KB)

Articles January Native Evergreens Get Me Through the Winter by Bill Ward (299KB) February Blanco Crabapple - A Kendall County Beauty by Bill Ward (92KB)   One-of-a-kind Publication - a Book on Rare Plants of Texas by Bill Ward (124KB)   Eve's necklace, mountain laurel's first cousin, is NICE! too by Bill Ward (116KB) March Under Assault - the Habitat Most Important to Our Water System! by Bill Ward (75KB) April Hiking through Eden with Bill Carr by Bill Ward   Dry Year or Wet Year - Mealy Blue Sage is NICE! by Bill Ward May Indian grass and other bunchgrasses make NICE! landscape plants by Bill Ward (93KB)   No Shortage of Endemic Plants in the Texas Hill Country by Bill Ward June People Names in Native-Plant Names, Part V by Bill Ward (66KB)   Agaves, NICE! drought-tolerant landscape plants by Bill Ward July People Names in Plant Names, Part VI - the Geologists Connection by Bill Ward (71KB) August People Names in Plant Names, Part VII by Bill Ward (81KB)   Butterflies think blue mistflower is very NICE! by Bill Ward September Driven Up the Wall by Herbivores by Bill Ward October The Devils River Valley - a Botanical Wonderland by Bill Ward November The common agarita - NICE! shrub for landscaping by Bill Ward   Trip to the "Cielo" of Native-Plant Diversity by Bill Ward December NICE! fall color - the understory factor by Bill Ward   Ball moss - the good, the bad, and the "ugly" by Bill Ward

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