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The Library & Archive maintains a database of the original Wildflower Newsletter published quarterly from 1984 to 1998. The newsletters track the history of the Wildflower Center and include letters from Lady Bird Johnson and other stories of cultural and historical significance.

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1984 VOL. 1, NO.1First issue. Lady Bird\'s Center is a dream come true. National Clearinghouse a top priority. Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (Smallflower desert-chicory)
Ratibida columnifera (Mexican hat)
Agave americana (American century plant)
Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel)
Pectis angustifolia (Limoncillo)
Lady Bird Johnson
Kathryn Kennedy
1984 VOL. 1, NO.2Lady Bird Finds Wildflower Lovers Everywhere, Center Expands With New Building, More Staff, Why Wildflower, Over 1000 Attend Center's Country Fair Benefit. Sphaeralcea coccinea (Scarlet globemallow)
Gaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket)
Phlox drummondii (Annual phlox)
Lupinus texensis (Texas bluebonnet)
Lady Bird Johnson
David Northington
1984 VOL. 1, NO.3Lady Bird Looks Forward to Fall\'s Activity, Gardeners Celebrate a Decade of Operation Wildflower, Memo from the Director, Buffalo Grass A Water-Saving Turf, Center\'s Research Looks at Interseeding, Center\'s Message Carried Far and Wide, Support for the Center Comes in a Multitude of Forms. Bouteloua dactyloides (Buffalograss)
Lupinus texensis (Texas bluebonnet)
Lady Bird Johnson
David Northington
1984 VOL. 1, NO.4Lady Bird Heartened by Progress, Horticultural Society Annual Meeting Held, Director's Report, President's Message, Wildflower Scouts Needed, Notable Quotes, NWRC Open House, Trustees, Major Contributors to the NWRC 1982-1984, Special Friends of the NWRC 1982-1984, Using Natives With Confidence, New York Plans The Night and Day of the Wildflowers Oenothera speciosa (Pink evening primrose)
Engelmannia peristenia (Engelmann's daisy)
Prunus ilicifolia (Hollyleaf cherry)
Rhus ovata (Sugar sumac)
Romneya coulteri (Coulter's matilija poppy)
Pinus torreyana (Torrey pine)
Cercis orbiculata (California redbud)
Pinus coulteri (Coulter pine)
Iris douglasiana (Douglas iris)
Lady Bird Johnson
Nash Castro
David Northington
Charles Huckins
1985 VOL. 2, NO.1A Glorious Spring, Lupines in Landscapes, Director's Report, Notable Quote, Wildflower Potpourri, Bluebonnet Legend, Wildflowers, Dallas Blooms for Wildflowers, New York Lupinus perennis (Sundial lupine)
Lupinus argenteus (Silvery lupine)
Lupinus texensis (Texas bluebonnet)
Lupinus subcarnosus (Texas bluebonnet)
Lupinus concinnus (Bajada lupine)
Lupinus excubitus (Grape soda lupine)
Lupinus sparsiflorus (Mojave lupine)
Lupinus villosus (Lady lupine)
Hepatica nobilis (Hepatica)
Trillium grandiflorum (White wake-robin)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed susan)
Lady Bird Johnson
David Northington
Bette Castro
1985 VOL. 2, NO.2Guide to Black-Eyed Susan, Parkways, Wildflowers for the East, Arboretum Mall to Open Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed susan)
Echinacea angustifolia (Black samson)
Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower)
Echinacea paradoxa (Yellow coneflower)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lanceleaf coreopsis)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed)
Achillea millefolium (Common yarrow)
David Northington
Nash Castro
1985 VOL. 2, NO.3Greenhouse Assists Research, Wild color on the Hills, Director's Report, Clearinghouse Wildflower Facts, Nature's Democracy, Portola Valley Ranch Country Living in the West, Wildflower Center Invitation, Washington Weekend of Wildflowers, Xeriscape New Word in Landscaping Rhus lanceolata (Prairie flameleaf sumac)
Rhus aromatica (Fragrant sumac)
Rhus virens (Evergreen sumac)
Rhus glabra (Smooth sumac)
Toxicodendron vernix (Poison sumac)
Toxicodendron vernix (Poison sumac)
Toxicodendron radicans (Eastern poison ivy)
Toxicodendron pubescens (Atlantic poison oak)
Rhus copallinum (Winged sumac)
Rhus copallinum (Winged sumac)
David Northington
George Allen
Pam Dwiggins
1985 VOL. 2, NO.4Message From Helen Hayes, Head for the Hill Country, Spring Tours at the Center, Education in Wildflowers Our Progress and Ideas, Miriam Rothschild Inspects Wildflower Center, Prairie Restoration, Learn About Wildflowers in Austin, Texas, Gala, Symposium Scheduled for May, Redbuds Burst in Bloom, Book Review Growing and Propagating Wildflowers Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)
Cercis canadensis var. texensis (Texas redbud)
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis (Eastern redbud)
Cercis canadensis var. texensis (Texas redbud)
Cercis orbiculata (California redbud)
Helen Hayes
David Northington
Katy McKinney
Annie Paulson
1986 VOL. 3, NO.1Library and Clearinghouse Serve the Nation, What is a Weed, More than Just a Pretty Face, Watercatchment Natural Water Source Available, Seedling Identification, Know Your Nursery Sources, Wildflower Journal Planned. Helianthus annuus (Common sunflower)
Helianthus angustifolius (Swamp sunflower)
Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian sunflower)
Solidago nemoralis (Gray goldenrod)
Solidago juncea (Early goldenrod)
Solidago sempervirens (Seaside goldenrod)
David Northington
Laura Martin
Wendy Wood
Annie Paulson
1986 VOL. 3, NO.2Our National Scope Continues to Grow, Sorting Out Seed Sources, New Building Provides Growth Area, Journal Planned for Winter 1986, Botanist Annie Paulson on Board ()
David Northington
1986 VOL. 3, NO.3Fall Planting Tips, Growth Provides Enthusiasm, 1985 Financial Facts, Gathering Your Bounty, Preserving Wildflowers, Wildflower Flights of Fancy, Native Landscapes, Showcase for Nature, Monarda citriodora, Book Review The Wildflower Meadow Book, Book Review How to Grow Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)
Quercus kelloggii (California black oak)
Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)
Calocedrus decurrens (Incense cedar)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lanceleaf coreopsis)
Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower)
Monarda citriodora (Lemon beebalm)
Pam Dwiggins
David Northington
Beth Anderson
Katy McKinney
1986 VOL. 3, NO.4Fall Highlights Busy Season at the Center, Wildflower Days Welcome the Holidays, What's in a Name Common and Botanical Names, Financial Statements, 1984 and 1985, Buying Wildflower Seed in Bulk, New Trustees Spend Weekend Learning, Trustee Profile, Touring England's Wildflowers, Seed Challenge Receives a Thrilling Response Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum (Texas bluebells)
Quercus virginiana (Coastal live oak)
Quercus alba (White oak)
Phlox drummondii (Annual phlox)
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (Turk's cap)
Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak)
Ratibida columnifera (Mexican hat)
Monarda citriodora (Lemon beebalm)
David Northington
Katy McKinney
1987 VOL. 4, NO.1One Million Bequest Announced, Lady Bird Johnson On Celebrating Four Years, Spring Fun at the Center, Staff Retreat a Success, Second Annual Tour of England Scheduled for June Departure, Wildlife Gardens Designed, Ongoing Research at the Center, Hornsby Bend History, Early Trilliums an Eastern Favorite Trillium grandiflorum (White wake-robin)
Trillium catesbaei (Bashful wakerobin)
Trillium cernuum (Whip-poor-will flower)
Trillium chloropetalum (Giant wakerobin)
Trillium cuneatum (Little sweet betsy)
Trillium erectum (Red trillium)
Trillium flexipes (Nodding wakerobin)
Trillium gracile (Slender trillium)
Trillium ludovicianum (Louisiana wakerobin)
Trillium luteum (Yellow wakerobin)
Trillium ovatum (Pacific trillium)
Trillium petiolatum (Idaho trillium)
Trillium rivale (Brook wake-robin)
Trillium sessile (Toadshade)
Trillium undulatum (Painted trillium)
Trillium vaseyi (Sweet trillium)
Trillium viride (Wood trillium)
Lady Bird Johnson
David Northington
Beth Anderson
Pam Jones
1987 VOL. 4, NO.2Wildflowers Provide Activity in Summer, Beautiful Colorado Beckons, What is Research, Mrs. Charles Bybee, Planning your Roadside Beautification Project, Manzanita, Michigan Highlights Wildflowers, Texas Vanishing Prairies, Valuable Book for Californians in the WoodsGaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket)
Oenothera speciosa (Pink evening primrose)
Arctostaphylos alpina (Alpine bearberry)
Arctostaphylos bakeri (Baker's manzanita)
Arctostaphylos canescens (Hoary manzanita)
Arctostaphylos columbiana (Hairy manzanita)
Arctostaphylos densiflora (Vine hill manzanita)
Arctostaphylos edmundsii (Little sur manzanita)
Arctostaphylos glandulosa (Eastwood's manzanita)
Arctostaphylos glauca (Bigberry manzanita)
Arctostaphylos hookeri (Hooker's manzanita)
Arctostaphylos manzanita (Whiteleaf manzanita)
Arctostaphylos nevadensis (Pinemat manzanita)
Arctostaphylos pajaroensis (Pajaro manzanita)
Arctostaphylos patula (Greenleaf manzanita)
Arctostaphylos pringlei (Pringle manzanita)
Arctostaphylos pungens (Pointleaf manzanita)
Arctostaphylos rubra (Red fruit bearberry)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Kinnikinnick)
David Northington
Annie Paulson
Katy McKinney
Beth Anderson
1987 VOL. 4, NO.3Fall Planting Highlights the Season, Jubilee Celebration Commences December 1987, Native Plants Add Up, Wildflowers Parade Across Fabrics and Fancies, Wildflowers as Art Pressing and Mounting, Plant Materials Centers, Nature\\\\\\\'s Way to Wildflower Germination, Book Review A Practical Guide to Edible and Useful Plants, Summer With England\\\\\\\'s Wildflowers Helianthus maximiliani (Maximilian sunflower)
Oenothera speciosa (Pink evening primrose)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed susan)
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (Aromatic aster)
Chilopsis linearis (Desert willow)
David Northington
Pam Jones
Beth Anderson
Elinor Crank
Annie Paulson
1987 VOL. 4, NO.4Wildflower Center Sows Seeds for the Country, Hotline for Texas, New Goals Plans for 1988, Mistletoe Has Ancient Traditions, Cooperative Research Blooms in the Southeast, Wildflower Photography Lighting, Benefits Honor Lady Bird Johnson, Book Review Southwestern Landscaping with Native Plants Phoradendron tomentosum (Christmas mistletoe)
Phlox drummondii (Annual phlox)
Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains coreopsis)
Gaillardia pulchella (Indian blanket)
Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed)
Coreopsis lanceolata (Lanceleaf coreopsis)
Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower)
Ratibida columnifera (Mexican hat)
Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed susan)
Elinor Crank
David Northington
Laura Martin
Beth Anderson
Marilyn Latting
1988 VOL. 5, NO.1National Jubilee Honors Lady Bird Johnson, President's Report, Spring Wildflower Activities, Wildflower Photography, A Sage for All Times, Texas Wildflower Hotline, Highway Legislation, Book Review Rocky Mountain Alpines ()
Marilyn Latting
Nash Castro
John DeHart Smithers
Elinor Crank
Beth Anderson
Annie Paulson
1988 VOL. 5, NO.2Researching Wildflower Seed Quality, Wildflower Center Receives $500 -000 Gift, Director's Report, Sand County Revisited, Illinois At Forefront of Wildflower Preservation, RhododendronsRhododendron maximum (Great laurel)
Rhododendron macrophyllum (Pacific rhododendron)
Kalmia latifolia (Mountain laurel)
Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem)
Sorghastrum nutans (Indiangrass)
Katy McKinney
David Northington
Annie Paulson
Beth Anderson
Elinor Crank
1988 VOL. 5, NO.3Wildflowers in Bloom, Education and Tours, Poppies Brighten Barren Places, Pamela Alane Jones Memorial Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana (Mexican gold poppy)
Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)
Eschscholzia caespitosa (Tufted poppy)
Argemone albiflora (Bluestem pricklypoppy)
Annie Paulson
David Northington
Mae Daniller
Elinor Crank
Peggy Budd
1988 VOL. 5, NO.4Controlling Oak Wilt, Jubilee Celebration Expands Endowment, Director\'s Report, Fall Wildflower Activities, Bransford\'s Photos Aid Wildflower Work, Conserving Natural Resources, Fall Planting Reminders Quercus fusiformis (Escarpment live oak)
Quercus texana (Nuttall oak)
Quercus stellata (Post oak)
Annie Paulson
David Northington
Beth Anderson
Elinor Crank
1988 VOL. 5, NO.5Penny Campaign Grows Oklahoma Wildflowers, Wildflower Center Collects Honors, Director\'s Report, Wildflower Center Activities, Spiny Agaves, Gift Books for Christmas, Yaupon Holly, In-House Designer Alane Snider Agave shawii (Coastal agave)
Agave lechuguilla (Lechuguilla)
Agave palmeri (Palmer's century plant)
Agave americana (American century plant)
Agave parryi (Parry's agave)
Quercus velutina (Black oak)
Juglans microcarpa (Little walnut)
Ilex vomitoria (Yaupon)
Ilex decidua (Possumhaw)
Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss)
Tillandsia recurvata (Small ball moss)
Pinus taeda (Loblolly pine)
Typha latifolia (Broadleaf cattail)
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri (Lindheimer's muhly)
Beth Anderson
David Northington
Katy Kramer McKinney
Lynda Pehoski
Elinor Crank
1989 VOL. 6, NO.1Native Plants Facts, Winter Botany, Poster for Schoolchildren, Inside HerbariaSymplocarpus foetidus (Skunk cabbage)
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea (Redosier dogwood)
Elinor Crank
John Averett
David Northington
Katy Kramer McKinney
1989 VOL. 6, NO.2Wildflower Network Operates in Louisiana, Wildflower Handbook Published, Research Director\'s Report, Evening Primrose, National Wildflower Sighting Roads, Seasonal Wildflower Blooming Hotlines, Book Review Wildflower Handbook Coreopsis lanceolata (Lanceleaf coreopsis)
Oenothera speciosa (Pink evening primrose)
Lupinus texensis (Texas bluebonnet)
Castilleja indivisa (Texas indian paintbrush)
Callirhoe digitata (Winecup)
Argemone albiflora (Bluestem pricklypoppy)
Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana (Mexican gold poppy)
Carnegiea gigantea (Saguaro)
Calopogon tuberosus (Tuberous grasspink)
Baileya multiradiata (Desert marigold)
Lupinus havardii (Big bend bluebonnet)
Oenothera macrocarpa (Bigfruit evening-primrose)
Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Hooker's evening-primrose)
Oenothera biennis (Common evening-primrose)
John Averett
Beth Anderson
Elinor Crank
Samuel Jones
1989 VOL. 6, NO.3Butterfly Gardens, Director\'s Report, Proper Care Gives Staying Power to Cut Flowers, Roots and Fungi, National Wildflower Sighting Roads, Book Review Wildflowers of Indiana Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower)
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum (Texas bluebells)
Cypripedium candidum (White lady's slipper)
Saxifraga pensylvanica (Eastern swamp saxifrage)
Erythronium montanum (White avalanche-lily)
Ipomopsis aggregata (Scarlet gilia)
Campanula rotundifolia (Bluebell bellflower)
Castilleja miniata (Giant red indian paintbrush)
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Chimaphila maculata (Striped prince's pine)
Katy Kramer McKinney
David Northington
Elinor Crank
Beth Anderson
Annie Paulson Gillespie
1989 VOL. 6, NO.4Spring Climbs Rockies Slowly, Colorado Cooler, Conference of Wildflower and Native Plant Organizations Report, New Trustees, New Advisory Council Members, Trustee Profile Carlton Lees, Grasses, Mowing, How Native Take Heat Polemonium viscosum (Sticky polemonium)
Caltha leptosepala (White marsh-marigold)
Phlox caespitosa (Tufted phlox)
Pascopyrum smithii (Western wheatgrass)
Bouteloua gracilis (Blue grama)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama)
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little bluestem)
Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern gamagrass)
Bouteloua dactyloides (Buffalograss)
Monotropa uniflora (Indianpipe)
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New england aster)
Katy Kramer McKinney
Christina Allday-Bondy
David Northington
Beth Anderson
Annie Paulson Gillespie
Elinor Crank
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