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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 8^th 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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[On 10/19, this post was updated with plant list as of 10/19/2010. On 10/15, this post was updated with plant list as of 10/14/2020.  On 10/8, this post was updated with plant list as of 10/7/2020. PD]

— by Beth Erwin

It’s planting time, and we have the plants you need to be growing in your yard deep in the heart of Texas! 

Once again, the NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter will have a traveling plant sale at area farmers markets.  See locations and plants to be offered later in this post.  Our experts will be on hand to listen to your gardening issues and goals and offer advice honed from many years of growing experience.  Many of the plants we will have for sale are not available anywhere else.

There is no better way to learn our native plants than to grow them on your own property.   Native plants are the preferred choice of our birds, insects, and other critters for food and habitat.  They are adapted to better handle the extreme weather patterns we experience, and with careful choices and planning, can save you money in the long run. 

Money raised from our plant sales are our primary source of funds to continue our many projects.  Check out the many things listed under the menu item “What We Do” on our website to see the projects we are funding.  In addition to those listed, we are embarking on an ambitious effort to get more educational information available online to help you learn about native plants and their habitats in our area. 

There’s a file at end of this article listing the plants we intend to have available.  As we did in the spring farmers market sales, if you are seeking something NOT on this list, please ask.  We may be able to get it for you.  Please don’t ask that we hold back, reserve, or save plants for you that ARE on the list.  Plant availability is first come, first served.  You can reach me with any questions or requests using the contact form at this link.

Check out the sale dates and locations below.  I hope to see you there.

• October 17, 2020, Saturday – Wolf Ranch Farmers Market.
  • 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
  • Wolf Ranch Town Center,Georgetown.  I-35, Exit 261, west on State Hwy 29.  Market is in the center of the shopping center.
    
• October 20, 2020, Tuesday – Sun City Farmers Market.
  • 9:00 AM to Noon.
  • 2 Texas Drive, Georgetown.  Open to public. Masks are required  and social distancing enforced. 
• October 22, 2020, Thursday – Georgetown Farmers Market.
  • 10:00AM to 2:00 PM.
  • 8th Street, across from the Georgetown Public Library.   Masks are required and social distancing enforced.

Plants to be offered as of October 14, 2020 October 19, 2020

See the list in the window below and use the tools under the >> signs to download or print it, or you can find the same PDF at this link.   If we update the file, we’ll update this blog post to link to the new file (with the new date in the upper left on page 1).

Click to access Plant_Sale_List-10-19-2020.pdf

Changes in the list dated October 19 vs the previous list:

October 19, 2020 updates to the plant sale inventory list are:

• The only new-to-the-sale item on the list is Plateau Goldeneye. We have it in 4″ and 3 gallon. We have restocked most of the plants we sold out of at Wolf Ranch, except Turk’s Cap and Black Dalea.

Changes in the list dated October 14 vs the previous list:

October 14, 2020 updates to the plant sale inventory list:

• Deleted 1 gallon Yellow and Red Columbines–Aquiligea
• Added:
  • Velvetleaf Senna, Senna lindheimeriana
  • Texas Red Oak, Quercus buckleyi
  • Mealy blue sage, Salvia farinacea
  • Henry Duelberg Mealy sage, Salvia farinacea ‘Henry Duelberg’

Changes in the list dated October 3 vs the original list:

October 7, 2020 updates to the plant sale inventory list:

• New trees on the list:
  • 1 gal Quercus fusiformis, Texas Live Oak/Escarpment Oak
  • 1 gal Quercus polymorpha, Mexican White/Monterrey Oak
• Removed from tree list:
  • 3 gal Juglans major, Arizona Walnut
• New shrubs on the list:
  • 4” Aloysia macrostachya,  Wooly Beebrush
  • 1 gal Mimosa borealis, Fragrant Mimosa
• New vines on the list:
  • 1 gal Passiflora lutea, Yellow Passionflower
  • 1 gal Lonicera sempervirens, Coral Honeysuckle
  • 1 gal Bignonia capreolata ‘Tangerine Beauty’, Crossvine ‘Tangerine Beauty’
• New perennials on the list
  • 4” Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Fall Aster
  • 1 gal Nolina texana  Texas Basketgrass/Devil’s Shoestring
• Information on prices added at the end of the last page

• See you at the sale!
• Beth Erwin
• Contact me using this link

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