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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
STAY TUNED: Garden Design Month Meeting & Tour Reports Will Be In The Next Issue
Due to unforeseen glitches in technology and web servers the March 2023 Meeting Report and Spring Garden Tour "Gardens by Design"...
Apr 3, 2023
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Year-round Blooms With Desert Globemallow & Threenerve Goldenrod
By Susan Lewitt for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Enjoy Four Seasons of color with Sphaeralcea ambigua, Desert Globemallow, and Solidago...
Apr 3, 2023
SHARING SECRETS: Greenery!
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Sharing Secrets Question for April… ... It’s getting greener since the rain,...
Apr 3, 2023
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Protecting Your Garden From Storm Damage
By Nick Stavros, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Originally published in March 2010, No. 186. Protecting your Garden from Storm Damage...
Apr 3, 2023
EDITOR’S LETTER: April Fool’s Game
By newsletter editor-in-chief Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Ever play the game Two Truths and a Lie? According to...
Apr 3, 2023
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Meeting Is Now In June
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! April 2023. Due to circumstances outside of my control, the April book club meeting on Zoom was...
Apr 3, 2023
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Wisteria Brings Joy Every Spring
By Francesca Filanc for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2023. Wisteria brings pure joy every spring. I write about wisteria every April because...
Apr 3, 2023
NEXT MEETING: Zoom Only – 04/10/’23 The Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf
Please join us on April 10, 2023, at 6 p.m. (PST) on Zoom only for this month’s SDHS General Meeting featuring a talk about one of the...
Mar 15, 2023
SPRING GARDEN TOUR: Tickets On Sale! Gardens By Design - Plants, Places, Perspectives
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! February 2023. Saturday March 25, 2023. 10a.m. — 4p.m. This tour inspires with... A Specially...
Mar 1, 2023
NEXT MEETING: March 13, Garden Design Month Featuring APLD Panel Discussion
Please join us on Monday, March 13, 2023, at 6 pm in-person (no Zoom) in SD's Golden Triangle (map and address below) for our next...
Mar 1, 2023
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Natures of John and William Bartram by Thomas P. Slaughter
Next SD Hort Book Club - Monday, March 6, 2023, 4:30p/5p on Zoom All are welcome! Come once or come always - your choice. Send an email...
Mar 1, 2023
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Anza-Borrego Early Flower Show
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2023. Closeup of Sand Verbena, Abronia villosa. Visit to June Wash After hearing and seeing...
Mar 1, 2023
ReWILD: Garden-worthy Aloes
By Sharon Reeve, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Garden-worthy Aloes Aloes come in an astonishing variety of sizes and shapes. They...
Mar 1, 2023
TREES, PLEASE! Read Carefully
By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2023. Read Carefully Tree pruning is an essential process that is done to maintain and...
Mar 1, 2023
SHARING SECRETS: Garden Hearts And Flowers
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. This Month’s Question: In the season of hearts, sweethearts, and all things...
Mar 1, 2023
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Come See What California Natives Can Do - CNPS Garden Tour 4/1&2
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! March 2023. Come See What California Natives Can Do For Landscapes - CNPS Garden Tour April 1 &...
Mar 1, 2023
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