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Save the Date: NPSOT-Wilco Spring Plant Sale, March 26 & 27!

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[3/21 10:30pm, list correction. 3/21, 3/11, 3/4, 2/13 plant list updates. 3/13, volunteer link added. PD]

Drop by the Williamson County Chapter’s Spring Plant Sale on Friday March 26 and Saturday March 27, 9am-5pm, at Berry Springs Park & Preserve in Georgetown, TX.

You’re sure to find a great selection of locally grown Texas native plants just right for your yard.  As always, our knowledgeable sales assistants will help you find just what you need.

You’ll find a list of plants offered later in this post. We’ll also take special orders!  To inquire about a special order, or for other questions, contact Beth Erwin, plant sale leader, using this form. [Updated 3/21: the special order window is now closed since we are close to the sale days.]

  • What:   NPSOT-Wilco Spring Plant Sale
  • When:  Friday, March 26, 2021, and Saturday, March 27, 2021, 9am-5pm on both days
  • Where: Tonkawa Pavilion (main group pavilion) at Berry Springs Park & Preserve, 1801 Co Rd 152, Georgetown, TX 78626
  • Open to the public. Park entry is free.
  • Please note that face masks and social distancing are required. 

If you would like to volunteer at the sale, see the volunteer info and form in this post.  [As of 3/13, there are still some openings.]

Plants to be offered as of March 21, 2021:

  • Note: the March 21 list is the last list before the sale.  Prices have been updated on the last page. Lined out listings are plants that have developed unexpected post-freeze issues, or are not showing signs of recovery in time for the sale. We realize that folks were counting on purchasing some of those species at the sale. We chose to strike through rather than delete to let folks know why they will not be there. We hope we can offer them in the fall sale.
  • The newest list is in the window below. Use the tools under the >> signs to download or print it, or you can find the same March 21 PDF at this link.  Update @3/21 10:30PM Accidentally left off the list–We will also have Red Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii), Damianita, and Goldenball Lead Tree. (Links to older lists are towards the end of this post just in case you need one.)
  • If we update the list, we’ll update this blog post to link to the new file (with the new date in the upper left on page 1) and we’ll send blog subscribers an alert so they know about the update. (Subscribe to the blog in the menu on the right-hand side of this page.)

Click to access Plant_Sale_List-03-21-2021.pdf

  • In case you need the older information, previous lists for this sale were:
    • March 11 list
    • March 4 list
    • February 13.  This was the preliminary list of plants to be offered. Please be advised this list was made before the Great Valentine’s Day Freeze.

Other Plant Sale News [updated 3/21]

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is having a sale every weekend in April and May. Reservations required. See details on the LBJWC website.

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Thanks for a Great Fall Plant Sale!

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— by Beth Erwin

Our Fall 2020 series of plant sales at the farmers markets in Georgetown was a huge success.  Big thanks go to the Georgetown, Sun City, and Wolf Ranch Farmers Markets for allowing us to be guests for a day.  Our hard-working, enthusiastic team of volunteers worked for months getting ready for the sale and followed through right to the end.  Believe or not, we are already working on the Spring 2021 sale!  We are extremely grateful for our plant producers for providing us great native plants to sell.  Between sales, check with Wright’s Nursery in Briggs if you are seeking more native plants.

Many of our customers were seeking native plants for shade, and plants with some level of deer resistance.  We are planning to have more shade tolerant plants in the next sale.  As for deer resistance, we will work on that, too.  There is an excellent article on dealing with deer in the landscape in the most recent issue of the NPSOT members newsletter, Native Plant Society of Texas News.  Check it out at this link.

Lots of customers downloaded and printed the plant availability list and brought it to the sale.  Several of you commented on how much you liked having it.  We will keep that going.

We appreciate the customer feedback and really enjoy talking and listening to you at the sales.

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Give a tree a new home on Thursday, October 22!

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— by Beth Erwin

This Thursday, October 22, is our last of our three Fall NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sale days.  We will be on 8th Street in downtown Georgetown, across from the Georgetown Library and Red Poppy Café from 10-2, in the Georgetown Farmers Market.

Our first two sales were very successful, but I have to admit I am disappointed.  You see, it is the best time of the year to plant trees.  And we have a wonderful selection of healthy native trees, grown right here in Central Texas.  And nobody is buying them.  So we are going to put them on sale.  Trees in 3/5-gallon pots that were priced at $30 will be $22 Thursday.

Folks, we need to be planting native trees.  Now some of you will say, “I won’t live long enough to see it grown.”  Don’t worry about that!

Recent studies reveal that we have lost nearly 3 billion birds since 1970.  We planted two trees in our grandchildren’s backyard this past year.  Within 5 days, a pair of cardinals had built a nest in one and laid three eggs.  Birds need trees.  Insects and other critters need trees.  Humans need trees.  Trees take in the carbon dioxide we produce in abundance and give us back oxygen.  They reduce the greenhouse effect.  They clean pollutants out of the air.  Their roots help clean the water percolating through the soil as it works its way to our aquifers.  They act as sound baffles.  They hide us from the neighbors.  They give us shade from the merciless Texas sun.

Has oak wilt killed your live oak trees? Are you weary of ornamental pear trees that smell like a wet dog or worse when in flower, split apart in a strong wind, and ruin your landscape plants with leaves that never decay?  Tired of crepe myrtles that are virtually useless to wildlife?

Come see us Thursday or contact us at the link shown below.  All our plants are hard-working native Texas plants.  They are the plants you should have in your plot of ground, here in the heart of Texas.

  • Read details about the Oct 22 sale and see our plant list at this link.
  • Reach me (Beth Erwin) with any questions or requests using the contact form at this link.
  • See you at the sale!
  • Beth Erwin

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