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Native Plant Society of Texas

Boerne Chapter

Come See us at the Fall Native Plant Sale on October 18, 2025!

NPSOT Boerne Chapter Fall plant sale poster

Visit us at our Fall Native Plant Sale on Saturday, October 18, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Herff Farm Teaching Barn, at 33 Herff Road in Boerne. 

Take advantage of this opportunity to easily obtain native plants suited to our eco region, and along with making your space beautiful, you’ll be providing food and habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife!

Many native plants even do well in containers!

Tis fall we will have a record breaking 971 plants and 126 different species!  Lots to choose from!

Some of the plants we will be selling are: Turk’s Cap, Blackeyed Susan, Blackfoot Daisy, BigTooth Maple, Passionflower, White Mistflower, Golden Groundsel, Evergreen Sumac, Zexmenia, Flame Acanthus, Rock Rose, Milkweed Vine, and more!

To find the Texas Native plants that are a match for your landscape, visit NPSOT’s native plant database.

NPSOT volunteers will be at hand at the event to answer any of your native plant questions. 

Bright red hibiscus-shaped flowers.
Turk's Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii)
Monarch on white mistflower
White Mistflower (Ageratina havanensis) Photo credit: Linda Griffith
Passion Flower and Bee
Corono de Cristo Passionflower (Passiflora foetida var. gossypifolia)
White flowers
Wild Foxglove (Penstemon cobaea)
Zexmenia (Wedelia acapulcensis) Photo Credit: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/grow-green/plant-guide/zexmenia
Rock Rose (Pavonia lasiopetala)

About the Region

2026 Fall Symposium Logo

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