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Boerne Chapter

NICE! Plants of the Month 2025

Every year our NICE! Plants of the Month Committee selects 10 native plants and trees that are perfect for our ecoregion.  

Below are the plants selected for 2025. Click on each picture for more information.

January

Mexican Plum

Mexican Plum
Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana)

February

Flameleaf Sumac

Flameleaf Sumac (rhus copallinum var. lanceolata) Photo courtesy of the Wildflower Center and Sally and Andy Wasowski;

March

Drummond's Hedgenettle

Drummond's Hedgenettle (stachys drummondi) Photo credit Lynne Pyle

April

Cedar Sage

Cedar Sage (salvia roemeriana) Photo Credit Paul Montgomery

May

Jersey Tea

Jersey Tea (ceanothus herbaceus)

June/July

Butterfly Milkweed

Butterfly Milkweed
Butterfly Milkweed (asclepias tuberosa)

August

Blackfoot Daisy

Blackfoot Daisy (melampodium leucanthum) Photo Credit: Lon Turnbull

September

Carolina Buckthorn

Carolina Buckthorn (rhamnus caroliniana) Photo Credit: Claire Sorenson

October

Maximillian Sunflower

Maximilian Sunflower (helianthus maximiliani) Photo Credit: Paul Montgomery

November/December

Goldenball Leadtree

Goldenball Leadtree (leucaena retusa) Photo Credit: Paul Montgomery
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