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NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sale Tips; Updated Plant List

The final draft of our Spring 2026 Plant Sale availability list is done and has been posted in the in person section of our sale info page @ 2026 Spring Native Plant Sale.

NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sale Tips

We have received questions about plant sale mechanics as well as the usual plant availability questions.  Here are some insights for those attending the sale. 

We open the sale at 11:00am sharp.  The early-birds show up before 10:00am with folding chairs and wagons.  Most customers have a version of the plant availability list printed out with their most wanted plants highlighted.

The list acts as somewhat of a pattern for how the sale is laid out.  There are two pavilions.  Facing them, the one on your left, adjacent to the HOLD area, houses the plants listed in the annuals and perennials portion of the list.  Everything in that pavilion is $5 (4-inch pots) or $15 (1 gallon pots).  They are organized alphabetically by Genus and species.

The pavilion on your right, adjacent to the checkout (PAY HERE) tents, holds the trees and shrubs priced at $25 (one gallon) and $45 (3/5 gallon) pots. These are also arranged alphabetically by Genus and species.  Within this pavilion you will find the other groups on the plant list — grass and grass-like, vines & groundcovers, and those marvelous native Texas cacti.

Our HOLD area is managed by the wonderful members of the Round Rock High School Plant Club.  They will give you plant trays to put your plants in as you shop, give you a number and take your plants to the HOLD area so you don’t have to worry about fellow shoppers shopping in your tray. And they will help you load your plants when you are ready to depart.

And if you are in line before 11:00, I make it a point to talk with each of you to strategize on which plant on your list you need to go for first. 

I, and our incredible, outstanding volunteer plant sale team, hope to see you there!

— Beth Erwin, Plant Sale Chair

Saturday, March 28, 2026 (11:00am-2:00pm)
Southwest Williamson County Regional Park
Click for details => 2026 Spring Native Plant Sale

Sign pointing to plant sale

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April 9 Chapter Meeting: “Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants of Texas – Tough Plants for Tough Times” with Lonnie Childs @ GT Public Library

[3/31 added link to handout]

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, April 9, 2026, when our featured topic will be Agaves, Yuccas, and Related Plants of Texas – Tough Plants for Tough Times with Lonnie Childs. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  The guest presentation begins after a short business meeting.

Please note => The video for this month’s guest presentation will be available on YouTube for 30 days. We’ll publish a blog post the day the video is posted.

About our topic: This month’s presentation will provide background information on the agaves and yuccas found in Texas including their taxonomy and ethnobotanical uses and importance to indigenous cultures. We will examine some of the more common species and highlight their potential use in the home landscape.

NEW=> You can download Lonnie’s meeting handout — information on 19 agaves, yuccas and related plants for the home landscape. Click here to download from our Dropbox.

About our speaker: Lonnie Childs enjoyed a 30-year career as a business executive before retiring to the Fredericksburg area to pursue his interests in history, nature, and land conservation. In 2004, he earned the Texas Master Naturalist designation and now serves as an instructor in that program. After serving as President of the Fredericksburg chapter of NPSOT, Lonnie was State President of NPSOT in 2012-2013. In 2017, the society awarded him the Benny Simpson Fellows Award for service to NPSOT. Lonnie currently serves as the Newsletter Editor and President of the Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center.

==> This month’s in-person location is the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. Come early (6:30 PM) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit.

==> To attend via Zoom, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/IKtidaM8Q-aWs9g7KxlYhg#/registration

At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person attendee!

Red yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora
Available at the in-person plant sale on March 28, 2026! Red yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora. Photo by Agnes Plutino.

If we have permission from our guest speaker, we record the presentation for our YouTube channel. (See a list of past topics at this link.)

Have an idea for a speaker?  Let Program Leader Susie Hickman know via  email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. We hope you attend!  Meetings may be in person, virtual, or both, so be sure to check details in the meeting announcement. Meetings are announced on our website, our calendar and Facebook. See upcoming topics on our Home page or on the Calendar.

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Draft 1 list for March 28’s In-Person Native Plant Sale

The list of plants we currently expect to be available at the in-person native plant sale on Saturday, March 28, has been added to the info for the 2026 Spring Native Plant Sale.

Click here for details => 2026 Spring Native Plant Sale

ONLINE SALE – Buy online March 16, 2026 (noon) to March 18, 2026 (noon). Pick up on March 28 at our in-person sale.

IN-PERSON SALE – Buy in person on March 28, 2026 (11:00am-2:00pm) at Southwest

  • Recycle your pots & flats! Bring them to the in-person sale and we will get them to the growers who need them.
  • All proceeds from our plant sales support our chapter projects, including native pollinator gardens, field trips, trail signs, student outreach in Williamson County, plant rescue and terrific monthly programs.

We sell only Texas native plants.
Questions? Contact: wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

bee on plant
Turks Cap, Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii. Photo by Bill Dodd.