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Grants received from Gage and Hershey foundations
**ARCHIVED POST ** The Native Plant Society of Texas has recently received a grant from the Alfred S. Gage Foundation in the amount of $1000 and a second grant from the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation in the amount of $5000. The grants will be used to support the fall
Native Plants Work On A Public Site
By Delmar Cain OK, you have the land and the structure on a high, rock and caliche site. Now what do you do for low–maintenance landscaping in our sometimes rain/sometimes drought Hill Country. That is the problem that many have and that many will have to face if our area
Maguire receives teaching honor
**ARCHIVED POST ** Cynthia Maguire, a past president of the Native Plant Society of Texas, is one of only nine educators in the U.S. to be elected as a 2012-2013 SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) Leadership Fellow by the National Fellowship Board of the National Center
A perennial sunflower for home or range
**ARCHIVED POST ** A new harvest has come in from the farm fields this week — a much anticipated harvest of our relatively new plot of Bush Sunflower. Last year, the harvest actually occurred during the worst drought in recorded history. This little perennial still made seeds although most were
Bexar Roots July / August 2012
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The seed ball, demystified
By Emily Weiner On June 16th the Boerne Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) entered a float in the Berges Fest parade. Hopefully, you were able to enjoy a nice view of the procession and, maybe, you were one of the 1000 or so people to receive
A Steady Bloomer for A Dry Spot
By Delmar Cain When the NICE (Natives Instead of Common Exotics) Committee of the Boerne Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) decided on the candidates to recommend for plant of the month during 2012, it decided that its theme would be hardy, tough plants that not only
June 2012
NICE! Plant of the Month (Lantana urticoides (L. horrida)) Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Other Common Names: Calico bush, Hierba de Cristo Type: Perennial shrub, usually freezes back in winter Natural Habitat: Southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico Growth: Low spreading multi-branched shrub, 3-6’ tall, 4-5’ wide; stems rough with small prickles
Go ahead! Start your own chapter
Chapters play a vital role in helping to further the goals of the Native Plant Society of Texas, promoting an understanding, appreciation and wider use of the native plants of Texas.
A changing landscape – the Texas hill country
The changing landscape of the Hill Country will be theme of the 2012 Fall Symposium, which will be headquartered at the YO Ranch Hotel and Conference Center in Kerrville on October 4 – 7.
Native bees in Texas
Although non-native honeybees tend to garner the most public attention, there are actually several hundred bee species that are native to Texas — species that were here long before the honeybee and that are essential to the state’s diverse native plant communities.
Illinois bundleflower is packed with benefits
Illinois Bundleflower can be found in prairie remnants, railroad right of ways, or in small hidden places that have escaped the notice of foraging live stock and wildlife.
