Gaillardia Winter 2025–26
Our quarterly newsletter since 1986: chapter news, plant profiles, and stories from members around the state.
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Native Plant Welcome Mat
By Anita Mills-Barry, Garden Ministry CoordinatorHow Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma uses native plants to welcome every visitor to its campus: humans, pollinators and birds.
Color Oklahoma Update
Article and photos by Monica BartlingThirteen roadside wildflower sites for 2025, new plantings in Durant and Madill, and how the Wildflower license plate pays for the seed.
Celebrate America 250 with Wildflowers
ONPS couriers delivered wildflower seed to 67 Oklahoma counties this fall, with seed balls covering the rest, so all 77 will bloom for the nation’s 250th.
2025 ONPS Annual Meeting
Article by Lynn MichaelA weekend of camping, rare-plant stories, forest and lake walks, and a spirited business meeting at Camp Wah-Shah-She near Bartlesville.
ONPN Featured Plant: Pitcher Sage
By Marilyn Stewart and Cedric Le BlancSalvia azurea, one of the truest blues on the prairie and one of the Oklahoma Native Plant Network’s highlighted species for 2025.
Meet the Members: Carol Smith
By Fran StallingsA retired nurse, Master Gardener and the new ONPS secretary, Carol Smith tends a native prairie garden on five acres northeast of Oklahoma City.
In this issue
- 2ONPS Board MembersIn the PDF
- 2–3President’s MessageIn the PDF
- 3Welcome New MembersIn the PDF
- 3Chapter NewsIn the PDF
- 3ContributionsIn the PDF
- 4Native Plant Welcome MatRead online →
- 5Color Oklahoma UpdateRead online →
- 6Special EventsIn the PDF
- 7Celebrate America 250Read online →
- 8, 12Annual Meeting HighlightsRead online →
- 9ONPN Featured PlantRead online →
- 9New Donation Fund EstablishedIn the PDF
- 10Meet the Members: Carol SmithRead online →
- 11Native Plant Record Vol. 23 Order FormIn the PDF