Latest Issues
Winter 2024 Member Magazine
From Pines to Petals: Exploring the Pineywoods | 2023 Society Award Recipients | No-Freeze Trees | Water-Wise Strategies | Conservation Champions | Power Plants for Pollinators | Using the Invasive Plant Database | Coming Soon: More Native Milkweed! | Native Gardens are For the Birds | Native Plants Thriving in Town Hall | Promoting Native Milkweeds | Engaging the Next Generation | Native Plant Student Art Showcased | If You Know What to Look For
Fall 2023 Member Magazine
Texas really IS like a whole ‘nother country. Its sheer size, variety of terrain, and biological diversity is staggering. The great Lone Star state contains barrier islands and coastal lowlands, large river floodplain forests, rolling plains and plateaus, forested hills, deserts, and a wide variety of aquatic habitats.
Summer 2023 Member Magazine
Our mission is to promote the conservation, research, and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas through education, outreach, and example.
Distribution
- Texas Native Plants is published quarterly and the digital version is distributed free to all Society members in current standing.
- The digital version is also available in our library below.
- Print versions are mailed at no cost to Society members in current standing who select to receive a print copy when they join/renew.
- Libraries, educational institutions and other organizations may qualify to receive the publication for a $5 annual fee.
- Contact the membership coordinator.
- Many of our chapters publish their own newsletters and websites.
- These have their own deadlines and guidelines. See list of chapters.
History
Since its founding the Society has provided a news periodical to its members. there have been a variety of names and formats. The Texas Wildfower Newsletter edited by Carroll Abbott served as the first newsletter. He advocated the formation of the Native Plant Society of Texas in his quarterly publication Texas Wildflower Newsletter. After the Society was created in 1980, a free subscription to Abbott’s newsletter was provided as a benefit to all members. His declining health eventually prompted Abbott to request that the Society start its own newsletter. Lean more about the Carroll Abbott story.
Beginning in 1983 our own official publication has documented the evolution of the native plant movement and the Native Plant Society of Texas. The publication has had several slightly different names and formats over the years. By 2005 it had evolved into a full-color glossy magazine.
Editorial Submissions
The Native Plant Society of Texas encourages submission of articles, photos, pertinent news or other interesting information for publication.
- Submit articles or written items as email attachments.
- Send photos as email attachments in JPG, RAW or TIFF format.
- Larger file size and best quality are preferable.
- Contact the Editor for more information.
We reserve the right to edit all submissions for accuracy, relevance, length, grammar or for other reason. In matters of style our print publication generally follows the Chicago Manual of Style.
Unless prior arrangements with the editor are made, submissions may also appear on our website and linked on our social media pages. We do not accept outside advertising in any of our publications.
Publications Library
Click below to view issues by year/editor. Or visit our online archive.
2014 – Winter
- Postcards form Corpus Christi
- Gulf Fritillary and Passionflower
- Native Bees
- Membership Contest
2013 – Fall
- How a purple thistle taught children ecology
- An appreciation of winter’s strip show
2013 – Summer
- The A.E. Leonard Native Plant Garden
- A Trip to Big Bend
- Anisacanthus
- Fragrant Mimosa
2013 – Spring
- Reintroduction of Horned Toads
- Little Bluestem
- Serendipity of native “Symphs”
- Buttonbush
2013 – Winter
- Let’s bring the Monarchs back to Texas
- Believe the leaves (usually)
- Celebrating 30 years of newsletters
- Snailseed vine
- Post wildfire regeneration in Bastrop State Park
2012 – Fall
- Andy Wasowski dies
- Some favorite cacti
- Design techniques for natural landscapes
2012 – Summer
- Yellow peril!
- Native bees in Texas
- Rain barrels
2012 – Spring
- Attracting monarchs
- Some native milkweeds
- Romancing the Land
- Healing hands help heal the land
2012 – Winter
- Rising from the ashes – Bastrop State Park
- Mexican plum
- Comanche Peak Prairie Clover
- Think like a plant
2011 – Fall
- Desert Willow
- A society of garden clubs – Not!
- Toothleaf goldeneye
- Why hire an executive director?
2011 – Summer
- Lantana urticoides
- Citizen scientists make a difference
- Going native in Lufkin
2011 – Spring
- Phlox pilosa
- Tribute to Bill Ward
- George W Bush Library
2010 – Summer
- Books for your library
- Doug Tallamy
- Planting Seeds of a Society
2010 – Winter
- Native grasses in the landscape
- Chapters and the state working together
2009 – Summer
- Native grasses in the landscape
- Chapters and the state working together
2009 – Spring
- Carnivorous plants
- Flora’s Death: Green is not forever
- New Chapters
2009 – Winter
- Voelcker Park
- Book Review: Remarkable Plants of Texas