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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
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Nature Writer Ernie Cowan Presents- There's A Marmot In My Pack & More 11/14/22
(Please scroll down the page for information on the next SD Hort Book Club Special Event on Zoom.) Local Nature Writer Ernie Cowan...
Oct 18, 2022
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: The Okavango Delta - The Wetlands
Text and photos by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Botanical Encounters 4 Before we make the transition from our last...
Oct 1, 2022
PERMACULTURE: The Breakdown On Mulch
By Diane C. Kennedy, for Let’s Talk Plants, October 2022. The Breakdown On Mulch Mulch and compost are different. Compost is organic...
Oct 1, 2022
TREES, PLEASE! Trick Or “TREE-t”?
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. “Bloody Eyeball” Tree fruit, Alectryon excelsus. Ali Undorf, CC BY-SA 2.0...
Oct 1, 2022
SHARING SECRETS: Beat The Heat!
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. This month’s question: It’s really warm in Southern California right now....
Oct 1, 2022
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - Vanilla by Tim Ecott, October 3, 2022 & More . . .
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2022. You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone is welcome. SDHBC meets...
Oct 1, 2022
PLANTS IN THE NEWS: Horticulture Making Headlines
By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. Horticulture Making Headlines If you Google “plants in the news” as I did...
Oct 1, 2022
FROM THE WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN: Fall Events At The Garden!
By Jillian Quint, for Let's Talk Plants! 0ctober 2022. Elaeagnus pungens 'Fruitlandii' in the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca...
Oct 1, 2022
HYBRID MEETING REPORT: Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens w/Debra Lee Baldwin Sept. 2022
The presentation is on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/9Eahs4h0I0Q Smart, Gorgeous, Sensible Succulent Gardens During her...
Oct 1, 2022
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: CNPS Fall Plant Sale - A Great Time To Plant Native Plants!
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SALE, SATURDAY OCTOBER 15, 8 AM TO 3 PM, CASA DEL PRADO...
Oct 1, 2022
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Are Your Leaves Turning Red?
By Ellen Reardon and Carl Price, first published in Let’s Talk Plants! October 2008, No. 169. Reprinted October 2022. Are Your Leaves...
Oct 1, 2022
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Fall Into Fall
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2022. We fall into fall and look forward to cooler weather with leaves changing...
Oct 1, 2022
NEXT MEETING: John Clements, Horticulturist Of The Year Presentation @ SDBG On Tue Oct 11 3pm
The San Diego Horticultural Society's Horticulturist of the Year for 2022 honoree, John Clements, Director of Gardens at the San Diego...
Sep 27, 2022
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Very Happy 28th Birthday To Us! With SDHS Memories - The Early Years
“Our annual birthday report always begins with a warm thank you to the far-sighted founders who sowed the seeds of our Society in...
Sep 1, 2022
MY LIFE IN PLANTS: Sea Ranch
By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! September 2022. This past August (2022) we had the opportunity to borrow a home belonging to a...
Sep 1, 2022
TREES, PLEASE! The Other Roosevelt Tree
By Tim Clancy, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2022. One way to get to see some of the oldest trees in the world is to take a drive...
Sep 1, 2022
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