Prairie Rose Chapter

OUR ANNUAL FALL PLANT SALE! October 17, 2020

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Chile Pequin
Chili annum var. avicula!

IT’S HERE

OUR ANNUAL FALL PLANT SALE

OCTOBER 17
9:00 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Where:  Back garden of our Native Plant Demonstration Garden
Glen Rose Courthouse Square
The Executive Board of the state NPSOT has published guidelines for events held during these COVID-19 times which we will be strictly following.  These include everyone wearing a mask, social distancing, and limiting the number of people in the sales area at one time.

    Black Dalea
Dalea frutescens

Our plant sales are typically very crowded first thing in the morning, so to accommodate these guidelines you will need to sign up for a 30 minute time slot to browse the plants.  We will be letting 5-6 people in at a time into our back garden area which will be set up with tables spread apart.  Entry will be on the left side of the log cabin and exit will be between the museum and courthouse annex building on to Elm Street.

Native Plant Week in Texas is October 18-24, our sale is in perfect time to plant your perennials, shrubs and trees.  This is the best time in Texas to plant!

We are in the process of purchasing plants now and will try to put a good list out to everyone, both through our newsletter as well as our web site and FaceBook pages.

Frog Fruit
Phyla modiflora,

To sign up for your time slot, please contact Marcia Miller at prairierose.npsot@gmail.com.  We’ll need your name, email and phone number plus what time you’d like.  Marcia will then get back with you and confirm times.
Hope to see you there, and happy planting!

   Fall Astor
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

 

        Possumhaw
Ilex decidua

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About the Region

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This low-elevations region of Texas extends inland from the barrier islands, about 60 or so miles, and stretches from Brownsville to Louisiana. In total, it covers about 9.5 million acres, with a high point of 150 feet in elevation. More than 1000 species of plants can be found in this region. On the southern end, species more common in Mexico (such as Sabal mexicana) and Central America occur.

The barrier islands provide us with dune systems, and clay flats to the inland side, which have species found in these areas alone. Many plants here, such as Ipomoea pes-caprae (beach morning glory), can be found throughout tropical regions of the globe. I’ve encountered the same species on the beaches of Guam.

Once inland, vast marshes and wet prairies occur. Occasionally, oak (Quercus fusiformis) groves can be found. Common grasses include species of Bothriochloa, Paspalum, and Sporobolus; eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides); and switchgrass (Panicum species). Many rivers and creeks cut through the Gulf Prairies, and along these riparian areas various species of trees, Sabal minor, and other plants adapted to clay soils can be found. Due to overgrazing, farming, and fire suppression, woody species such as mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and huisache (Acacia farnesiana), and invasive species such as chinaberry (Melia azedarach), Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius), and Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) have increased and displaced our native flora.

Source: Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason