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NPSOT Jun 10.P65 N North Central Texas P NewsNative Plant Society of Texas, North Central Chapter Newsletter Volume 22, Number 5, June 2010 S The President’s Corner Dawn Hancock Greetings, Members of the North Central Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas. My son, being the practical boy I raised, called to ask me O what I wanted for Mother’s Day. I did not have to think long. I had in mind a book (with me, it is always a book, a plant or a gardening tool) I had heard mentioned by several folks I respect as stewards of Texas native plants. The book is Bring- ing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native T Plants by Douglas Tallamy. (See the review in the April issue.) After reading the book, gardeners should look at their gardens from a new perspective: “Does my garden sustain a native Chapter Leaders ecosystem?” I believe we have been trained by the horticul- Dawn Hancock - President tural industry — and even some organic gardeners who mean [email protected] well — that a garden should be a pristine haven of beauty. Sandra Johnson - Vice president Douglas Tallamy thinks differently. To him, gardens should be [email protected] places of activity where the sun’s energy, converted by plants Gailon Hardin - Treasurer to sugars, should be transferred to food webs. Dr. Tallamy [email protected] believes this is vital because whole ecosystems are being Rozanna Francis - Secretary erased due to urban sprawl and industrial farms. If ecosys- [email protected] tems are to survive at all, they will be in the home gardens. Gailon Hardin - NICE! Coordinator Another important point of the book is that the ecosystem the [email protected] garden models should be that of the ecoregion the garden is Frank Keeney - Webmaster in, not that of a foreign ecoregion. Unfortunately, homeowners [email protected] today are faced with exotic plants, those from other ecoregions Gailon Hardin - Southwest of the world, when shopping for plants to fill their gardens. Subcourthouse Garden Leader These beautiful plants usually have no function in our native [email protected] landscapes because no insect herbivore recognizes the plant Evaline Woodrey - Hulen Regional Library Garden Leader continued on page 2 [email protected] Molly Hollar - Molly Hollar Wildscape Garden Leader June meeeting [email protected] Thursday, June 3, 7:00 pm Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, Deborah Beggs Moncrief The purpose of the Native Plant Society Garden Center, Orchid Room of Texas is to promote the conservation, research and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas, Program: James Russell, Legislative Intern: Advocacy and the through education, outreach and Texas Legislature example. James is an intern in Representative Lon Burnam’s district Visit us at office. He initiates projects and handles constituent cases. ncnpsot.org and James is going to show us how to navigate the legislative txnativeplants.org process in order to advance the mission of NPSOT. 2 NPSOT News June 2010 Plant of the Month Josephine Keeney Coralbean, Cherokee bean, Erythrina herbacea, Fabaceae The leaves drop in the fall, and the woody branches die to the ground. During the dormant period the enormous plant root gathers energy for next year’s big display. In the spring, the flower spikes emerge before the leaves and produce a most amazing display of bright coral red flowers that can be seen This beautiful deciduous tree or from far away. The seeds are shrub grows from South Texas all bright red and very ornamental the way to North Central Texas but also very toxic. where it becomes a small shrub This is a most unusual but because of our colder climate. very slow growing plant, and if you It can live in full sun or part are patient you will be rewarded shade, prefers medium moisture with beauty every spring. and is not picky about soil. Find more native plant information at www.texasstar.org, a forum for Texas gardeners dedicated to the cultivation and propagation of Texas native plants. Native Plant Workdays Southwest Subcourthouse on Granbury Road in Fort Worth 2nd Saturday and last Wednesday of each month beginning at 9:00 am. Gailon Hardin in charge Hulen Street Regional Library in Fort Worth 3rd Wednesday of each month beginning at 9:00 am. Evaline Woodrey in charge Molly Hollar Wildscape at Veteran’s Park in Arlington Wednesdays and the first Saturday of each month beginning at 8:00 am (summer hours) Tuesdays at the greenhouse in Randoll Mill Park in Arlington beginning at 9:00 am The President’s Corner continued from page 1 as food for either itself or its young. fellow gardeners. Plant Texas ing upon where you are. Expect and The food chain ends with the plant. natives in your gardens, and the enjoy insects that feed on your The insect herbivores and their closer the native is to North Cen- plants, knowing that they are predators are eliminated. tral Texas the better. Use plants passing on energy to birds and We members of the Native that model an ecosystem, includ- butterflies. Your garden will still be Plant Society of Texas respond to ing host plants for insects and beautiful, and you will have done Dr. Tallamy’s message, and we structural plants to mimic either your bit to keep North Central should do all we can to educate our prairie or our forests, depend- Texas ecosystems intact. June 2010 NPSOT News 3 Butterfly of the Month Joann Karges The Royal Family: Monarch and Queen The Monarch butterfly is Above, left to right: Monarch, Queen, spotted head and thorax, the white probably the best known member Soldier. Below center: Antelope horn speckles of the forewings. They of the royal family world-wide milkweed, Green milkweed. Below also use the same kinds of milk- because of its unique migration left: Monarch larva. Below right: weed as larval host plants, espe- phenomenon. Danaus plexippus is Queen larva. cially antelope horns (Asclepias just one of the sub-family of brush- asperula) and green milkweed footed butterflies, Danaiinae, (Asclepias viridis) in this area. named for one Danaus, of Egypt, The larvae are quite different. king of Argos, Greece. He had 50 While the Monarch caterpillars daughters all but one of whom are basically white with narrow (Hypermnestra) murdered their black and yellow horizontal husbands on their wedding night stripes, the Queen has much because the marriages had been more black and much less yellow. coerced. Nice story, isn’t it? But The significant difference, how- this brings us to that royal family ever, is in the filaments—two of butterflies. pairs, head and tail, on the Mon- Given less hype than the arch, and a third, post-thorax pair Monarch is the Queen (Danaus on the Queen. gilippus), one of our most common The Queen shows some ten- butterflies from June until frost. dency to migration, at least flock- (There is another in south Texas, ing together for southward flights the Soldier (Danaus eresimus) — in the fall but not like the Mon- less royal maybe.) The Queen is arch. It is not known to congregate slightly smaller than the Monarch; in a particular place for over- the orange of the wings is darker, wintering. and the veins on the upperside of Like the Monarch, the Queens nectar on mist flower, tithonia, the wings are not as pronounced. zinnias, etc. and are known to Otherwise the two share some of pollinate the milkweeds they use the same characteristics, the as host plants. 4 NPSOT News June 2010 Minutes of the Board Meeting May 6, 2010 Executive Board Meeting interaction with the state organi- New Business Called to order by Dawn Hancock zation, membership participation Gailon expressed her concerns at 5:52 p.m. in activities that involve other relating to the current condition chapters, and our chapter spon- and upkeep issues of the demon- Persons in Attendance: Dawn sored activities. Some of this is stration garden at the Southwest Hancock, Gailon Hardin, Sandy discussed in the monthly meet- Sub-Courthouse. One of the Johnson, Sandy Balch, and ings, but the newsletter is our facilities staff complained that the Rozanna Francis only means of communicating garden was not “pristine” due to with members who are unable to the dead clippings being left as attend meetings. Gathering of mulch. Over half of the past work material, timely submission for days have been missed due to bad the newsletter, etc. need to im- weather and there have been prove. Also discussed, going to an fewer volunteers. Gailon asked for every-two-month publication more volunteers to put in some schedule. needed hours on this garden. Adjourned at 6:22 pm. Dawn announced that the executive committee would be General Membership Meeting reviewing the chapter By-Laws to The meeting was called to order by address the need for changing or Dawn Hancock at 6:40 pm. New restating our by-laws. She called members and guests were recog- for any volunteers who might have nized. expertise in this doing this or would be willing to join in discuss- Subjects Discussed: ing possible needed changes. By-Law Changes and Announcements Appointment of Nominating None Committee Term limitations as set out in the Program by-laws would eliminate the The program was presented by possibility of Gailon being nomi- the Chief Grounds Supervisor for nated and elected to a third suc- Tierra Verde Golf Course, Mark cessive term. The last survey of Claburn, on the use of native membership skills did not turn up plants and other ecological a member with the qualifications environmental management to fill this position.
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