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Don’t trip on the devil’s shoestring
Coralberry brightens the understory with clusters of pinkish-purple fruit all winter long.
Fund okayed to implement strategic plan
The State Board approved establishing a bank fund to support implementation of the 2009 Strategic Plan.
Annual symposium to be in Houston
**ARCHIVED POST ** The Native Plant Society of Texas will hold its 2011 annual fall symposium and state meeting on October 13 – 16 in Houston, featuring the coastal prairies and marshes of Texas. The meeting will be at the Omni Houston Hotel at Westside located at 13210 Katy Freeway
Tribute to a Wonderful Life
By Bill Lindemann This article is dedicated to the memory of a long time friend, mentor and fellow naturalist. In 1965 I worked for what was then Humble Oil and Refining Company, now Exxon, and was transferred from Wichita Falls to Tyler. I bought my first home in a pine
Winning photos announced
Winners of the 2010 photo contest were picked by popular ballot and announced at the awards banquet
Calling all quilters
Quilt blocks must be present for judging at the State Board meeting on July 16 in Fredericksburg. Blocks should have a design that expresses the meaning of the Society.
Law would require disclaimer on invasives list
**ARCHIVED POST ** A proposed new Texas law (HB 338) would require any public entity other than the Texas Department of Agriculture that produces a list of noxious or invasive terrestrial plant species growing in this state to include a disclaimer.
January 2011
NICE! Plant of the Month (Quercus polymorpha) Family:Fagaceae Other Common Names:Mexican or Netleaf White Oak Type:Moderate sized shade tree, late deciduous, nearly evergreen, resistant to Oak Wilt Natural Habitat:Native to one county in Texas near the Big Bend area and throughout Mexico into Guatemala (USDA Plant Profiles); potential for unreported
Native Grown But Widely Loved
By Delmar Cain By the time this article is printed most of you will know that we no longer have the physical presence of our mentor, teacher and friend, Bill Ward. His death has left many of us with great sadness. For those of you who regularly read his articles,
Mexican white oak – barely native
Mexican white oak or “Monterrey oak” is a medium to large semi-evergreen tree that does well in the Hill Country.
More big red sage found in the Texas Hill Country!
Author: Bill Ward A couple of years ago, Ysmael Espinosa of Medina Garden Nursery and I were discussing the sparse occurrence of big red sage (Salvia pentstemonoides) in the wild. He said he thought he had seen a couple of big red sages several years ago when he was canoeing
Mexican white oak — barely native, but a NICE! tree
Author: Bill Ward Many of us with a predominance of live oaks in our yards are realizing that a greater diversity of trees is highly desirable in the face of the continuing spread of “oak wilt,” which mostly attacks live oak and red oak. During 2011, Operation NICE! (Natives Instead
