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Prairie Rose Chapter of NPSOT
As we send out our April newsletter, it is with a fervent wish that you are all healthy and safe. It looks like April may be our most restrictive month, so take time out to enjoy life. Since so many activities and meetings for all of us have been cancelled or postponed, we’ll be bringing a few different items into our newsletter and hope that you enjoy them.
In the midst of all the societal restrictions and changes, Spring has sprung! We have glorious Bluebonnets, Paintbrushes and daisies blooming everywhere, with new spring plants beginning to bloom every day. Some of our new members are from out of state, so two tidbits of information. Bluebonnets are in the Legume family and will have large seed pods, and Indian Paintbrushes are a parasitic plant.
This past weekend was so gorgeous. As my husband and I took time to simply walk and drive around our ranch, I discovered a plant blooming that I’d never seen on our place before, so I thought I’d share the picture and information.
Nemastylis geminiflora
This Prairie Pleatleaf is a short, 6-12 inch tall perennial, with showy blue flowers that are 1 to 2 inches wide. It will bloom from March – May for about 2 weeks, each blossom lasting only one day, opening in the morning and closing at night. It has medium water requirements, which might explain why I discovered it after all our spring rains, and it will grow in sun or part shade. This plant is in the Iris family, and like all Irises grows from rhizomes, bulbs or corms. Once the seed has ripened, the bulb is renewed and the plant disappears until the following spring.
APRIL ACTIVITIES
PLANT SALE CANCELLED
Our spring plant sale has been cancelled. It’s doubtful that we’ll be able to reschedule. If held too late your plants won’t have time to establish themselves before our hot summer. By October, we should be able to hold our fall plant sale.
NATIVE GARDEN WORK DAYS
Courthouse Square, Glen Rose
No work days are currently being scheduled. If you’re tired of cleaning all your closets and feeling closed up and bored, feel free to come down anytime by yourself and weed. The garden is coming on strong, but there are plants that need to be removed. Please come by yourself and maintain a safe distance if anyone else shows up. The governor’s executive order allows for parks and other personal exercise, but please stay at home if you’re more comfortable doing so. If you’re driving by stop by the garden and look at our Scarlet Buckeye. It’s full of blooms. It’s located in our newly opened back section close to the dinosaur track.
Aesculus pavia
APRIL PROGRAM
Below is a link that will take you to information from NPSOT on Ten Central Texas Plants for Beginners. While created for central Texas, the plants are still applicable to North Central Texas. Enjoy.
QUESTIONS? Just ASK!
Do you have questions about a native plant? Message your questions to our Facebook page or click on Contact Us on our website and we’ll try to answer your question(s). We’ll send the first 15 submissions a free raffle ticket for a handmade quilt that will be raffled off at the fall NPSOT symposium. You don’t have to be present to win.
When you visit our Facebook, page please be sure to LIKE it. If you would like to join the Native Plant Society of Texas/ Prairie Rose Chapter be sure to mention that and leave your address and we will mail you an application. You may also go to the NPSOT.org and sign up listing Prairie Rose as the chapter.
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