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Hope In A New Revolution
By Delmar Cain It may come as a shock to some of my birder friends, but I hunted quail in my younger days. Around Gladewater quail were present but not abundant by any standard. If I saw one covey in an afternoon, I thought it was a successful hunt. So
Preservation: Challenge Or A Piece Of Cake
By Delmar Cain May is preservation month in Boerne. There will be no better time to ponder the unique and beautiful place in which we live and the challenges in preserving it. Admittedly most of the events of the month will focus on historical buildings, local family and commercial history
Texas lantana
Texas Lantana laughs at hazards that can wipe out lesser plants; it resists drought, heat, deer, and salt.
Choose frostweed for your butterflies
Frostweed, Verbesina virginica, is truly an exceptional nectar source for butterflies.
Research grant goes to North Texas student
Jordan Sloop of University of North Texas will receive the grant to further her research on <i>Understanding plant community dynamics in a remnant bottomland hardwood forest in North Central Texas</i>.
Passing On The Hill Country at Stanbio Laboratory
By Delmar Cain It would be a rare individual who does not have some appreciation for this area of Texas that we call the Hill Country. I am sure that such an individual exists but I have never met him personally. The rest of us seldom tire of letting others
At home in the Hill Country – escarpment black cherry
**ARCHIVED POST ** If you are considering a tree for your place, how about an attractive, relatively fast growing upright native that prefers a well-drained limestone site, has beautiful fragrant flowers that attract several butterfly species, has fruit eaten by many birds and mammals and finishes the year with wonderful
We stand against HB 338
**ARCHIVED POST ** At its April board meeting the Society voted to take a stand against the passage of a new Texas law that would require a disclaimer to be attached to any list of “invasive plants” issued by a public entity in Texas, other than the Texas Department of
Desired future conditions
Only last July I first heard of the concept of “desired future condition,” or DFC, or what we want something to be or look like at some time in the future.
What’s in a name—the Texas fall elm
**ARCHIVED POST ** Because of its draught hardiness and its ability for good growth in many types of soils, the Texas fall elm, or cedar elm, is widely used as a tree to line our streets and shade our yards. It doesn’t hurt that in the fall its golden yellow
A tale of two plants
**ARCHIVED POST ** It would be right of you to ask why I, the current president of the Boerne chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, have an oleander in my yard. It is not prominent, but then again neither is it hidden beside the path at the side
April 2011
NICE! Plant of the Month Prunus serotina var. eximia Family: Rosaceae (Rose family) Other Common Names: Edwards Plateau Black Cherry Type: Attractive, upright, relatively fast growing tree. Natural Habitat: Sub-species specific to Edwards Plateau (eximia), usually found in moist sites near streambeds, in canyons or on slopes. Adaptable to many
