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OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
What a relief our cooler weather has been going into fall. While some of our days still seem a little too hot, these really cool evenings have been wonderful. Our plants are certainly much happier with the changing temperature. The hot summer has decimated some plants that are normally blooming in the fall (I’ve noticed less Gayfeather), but many others are right on schedule. Since August, Snow on the Mountain/Prairie have been blooming and are joined by Maximillian Sunflower, Indian Grass, Frostweed, and of course, Ragweed, plus many others. For the first time ever, I have an abundance of Antelope Horns blooming this fall. Only time will tell if they have time to produce their seed pods. At our demonstration garden Saturday, we noticed multiple opened chrysalis from Gulf Fritillary butterflies and a number of caterpillars on our Passionflower vine. If you’re coming to our plant sale, please take a moment to look at them.
Thank you to all who attended our Fall Plant sale!
We hope to see you in the Spring 2023!
FALL PLANT SALE
OCTOBER 8, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Back of our Demonstration Garden
Glen Rose Courthouse Square
It’s finally here! Just in time to plant during the native plant week in Texas (third week in October). We’re having plenty of great perennials, shrubs and trees. We’ve stocked our trees heavier than normal, so this is a great time to come down and buy some interesting replacement trees, or just add to your landscape. We have 12 different species of trees this year. As I’m sure most of you are aware, fall is the best time to plant in Texas since it gives the roots time to grow before our hot Texas summers.
We have reservations at 9 and 9:30, so please respond if you’d like to reserve a time slot. Otherwise, it’s first come, first served.
PLANT ID WALK
CLEBURNE STATE PARK
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 10 a.m.
5800 Park RD. 21, Cleburne
We had to cancel so many of our outdoor activities this year, we’ve added a short walk at Cleburne State Park. This is a great park and we’re going to concentrate on plants that live in or near water, both native and invasive. Most of our walks take place in prairieland, so this is a great opportunity to learn and identify different species. Jaycee Fernandez will be guiding us.
Our normal meeting day would be October 28, but since it’s Halloween and the park offers special events during that weekend, we’ve moved our day up a week. We hope you can join us.
If you don’t have a Park pass, don’t worry, Prairie Rose will be picking up the $6 day pass fee. You can spend all day there if you like: bring a picnic lunch and hike around some of their trails. This is a great fishing lake, so feel free to throw your fishing poles in the car. State Parks are free to fish and you do NOT have to have a fishing license.
Please meet at the office about 9:45 so we can get a head count and check in.
Cleburne State Park is reached through Hwy. 67 about 6 miles south of Cleburne. There are signs. Turn on to Park Road 21 and follow it to the park.
We’ll send additional information later this month in our reminder notice.
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