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March 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT GENERAL MEETING: 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. Photo Credit: Walkers Wildlands – California Native Plant Nursery 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
Mar 1
Articles
SHARING SECRETS: The Rain To The Wind Said, ‘You Push And I'll Pelt.'
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2024. This month’s question - When and if the rain comes, what is your plan of...
Feb 1, 2024
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Amazingly Effective Ant Trap
By Ava Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2024. Originally published February 2011, No. 197. Amazingly Effective Ant Trap Ants...
Feb 1, 2024
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Living And Gardening In A Mediterranean Climate
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! February 2024. Living and Gardening in a Mediterranean Climate We are lucky and unique that...
Feb 1, 2024
NEXT MEETING: 2024 Horticulturist Of The Year, Jeff Moore Of Solana Succulents, January 13, 2024, 1:30pm, In Rancho Bernardo At San Diego Oasis
Congratulations to author Jeff Moore of Solana Succulents, in Solana Beach, who has been named the San Diego Horticultural Society's...
Jan 1, 2024
WE HAVE A NEW MEETING PLACE, DAY & TIME! 2nd Saturdays Of The Month, 1:30 pm to 3 pm, At Oasis In Rancho Bernardo.
By Karen England, on behalf of the SDHS Board for Let's Talk Plants! January 2024. This state-of-the-art meeting facility is easy to...
Jan 1, 2024
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Announcing The Next Three Books To Read For February, March And April 2024.
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2024. Please join the SD Hort Book Club and read some great horticulturally imbued books...
Jan 1, 2024
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Plantas de Patagonia
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2024. In December, Scott Borden, eight friends and I visited Patagonia on a Natural Habitat...
Jan 1, 2024
TREES, PLEASE! COE Tree ID Five Four Six Four
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2024. COE Tree ID Five Four Six Four In the City of Encinitas (COE) most of the city owned...
Jan 1, 2024
FROM THE PALOMAR DISTRICT: New Year Of Gardening, Learning And Friendship
By Sharon Tooley, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2024. Hello everyone and welcome to a new year of gardening, learning and friendship....
Jan 1, 2024
GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Winter Garden Harvesting Tips
By Sommer Cartier, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2024. https://www.freepik.com/free-photo/close-up-view-basket-full-onion-with-purple-ca...
Jan 1, 2024
COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Good Meals And How To Prepare Them
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2024. Good Meals and How to Prepare Them In 1997 at the Rose Bowl Flea Market in...
Jan 1, 2024
ReWILD: Fascinating Native Bees
By Sharon Reeve, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2024. Melissodes species on Eriogonum fasciculatum. Photo credit: Sharon Reeve....
Jan 1, 2024
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Yarrow - The 2024 Herb Of The Year™
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! January 2024. Excerpted from Karen's contributions to the International Herb Association's...
Jan 1, 2024
SHARING SECRETS: Do The Plants Growing In Your Garden Remind You Of Wonderful People?
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2024. Question for this month… … Hope you all are enjoying happy holidays with...
Jan 1, 2024
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Herbs And Spices – A Family Affair
By Carl Price and Ellen Reardon, first published in Let’s Talk Plants! January 2009, No. 172. Republished January 2024. Herb and Spices:...
Jan 1, 2024
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: New Year, Fresh Start
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2024. New Year, Fresh Start Gosh, already it is January 2024! How time flies. The new...
Jan 1, 2024
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