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April 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: Sat., April 18, 2026 - Walker Wilson - Conservation Through Cultivation - Growing A Local Ecotype Nursery. In-Person, Oasis, Rancho Bernardo, 1:30p -3:30p
Viguiera laciniata - San Diego Bush Sunflower, a San Diego endemic species that happens to be excellent for garden conditions. Evergreen, tough and made for full sun conditions, it will still stay green with just once a month or less watering. Trim off dead flowers for another round of blooms. A great choice for almost any San Diego garden, and to showcase local species. Walker Wilson is the founder of Walker's Wildlands nursery in Fallbrook. Walker Wilson - Conservation thr
Apr 1
Articles
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Medicinal Plants
A few months ago, we wrote an essay on “Plants that Heal” (*Current Editor’s note: see below). Although both this and the earlier narrative
Apr 1, 2020
THE BUG MAN: Jumping Spiders - One of the Good Guys
When I was a teenager, I collected a whole bunch of very small jumping spiders into small, clear, plastic containers and watched them for ho
Apr 1, 2020
EDITOR'S LETTER: Gardening Boom Comes From COVID-19
I had a phone conversation last week with my cousin, the owner/operator of Sunshine Gardens in Encinitas about his invalid wife and my inval
Apr 1, 2020
APRIL FOOL'S DAY BOTANY: Echinocereus dahliaeflorus
The page, dubbed "Plant life that exists only on April 1st," has 22 "species," i.e. pranks, that date from 1900 through 2019 and are some of
Apr 1, 2020
MARCH MEETING: Cancelled!
CANCELLED! March 16th, 2020
Mar 12, 2020
EDITOR'S LETTER: "Irish Peony"
In July and August of 2004, December of '07 and June and July of '08 I traveled to Ireland for weeks at a time each trip, specifically to st
Mar 1, 2020
MEETING REPORT & NEWS:
http://www.sdfloral.org/kos-book.htm Got Green? & TOMATOMANIA! at the San Diego Botanic Garden Saturday, April 4 10 am – 4 pm ~...
Mar 1, 2020
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