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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
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: How About Native Plants In Containers And Dry Swales?
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Dry Swale in garden in San Diego from the SDHS garden tour of 2025. Photo by Susan...
Jul 1, 2025
FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Long History Of Larval Host Study
By Susan Krzywicki, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Republished from Going Wild with Natives, Let’s Talk Plants! July 2015, No. 250....
Jul 1, 2025
SHARING SECRETS: A (Non-plant) Thing In Your Yard That You Love
Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Hops grow on a broken wooden ladder. Photo credit: Rachel Cobb. Current question...
Jul 1, 2025
PLANT FORUM: June 2025 Monthly Meeting Edition
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. PLANT FORUM For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum , where a...
Jul 1, 2025
MEETING REPORT: Dr. Kristen Lear Presents, "Agave Restoration And Corridor Conservation For Bats And People Of The American Southwest And Mexico", June 2025
https://youtu.be/8_k03opXrNo See the fascinating presentation here: https://youtu.be/8_k03opXrNo About Bat Conservation International...
Jul 1, 2025
GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Borage, All Things Summer, Mom And Apple Pie!
By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! July 2025. Salad with borage from the garden. Photo credit: Francesca Filanc. Borage, All...
Jul 1, 2025
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Agave Restoration And Corridor Conservation For Bats And People Of The American Southwest And Mexico - June 21, 2025, 1:30p - 3p, SD Oasis, Rancho Bernardo & Zoom
Horizonline Pictures, Bat Conservation International. NOTE: This is a hybrid in-person meeting and in this instance the speaker will be...
Jun 1, 2025
SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Next Book - June 2 , 2025, Elderflora By Jared Farmer On Zoom
By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2025. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not just...
Jun 1, 2025
IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Yvonne Mao, San Diego Horticultural Society Member And Friend
By Jim Booman, reprinted from Facebook with permission, for Let's Talk Plants! June 2025. Yvonne Mao, San Diego Horticultural Society...
Jun 1, 2025
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes
Words and pictures by Ida K. Rigby, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Rewilding In Southern Africa - The Kalahari Dunes The Kalahari...
Jun 1, 2025
FROM THE BOARD: Please Welcome Our Two Newest Board Members – John Clements And Susi Torre-Bueno
Please Welcome Our Two Newest Board Members – John Clements and Susi Torre-Bueno Great News! At the most recent board meeting on May 19,...
Jun 1, 2025
PLANT FORUM: Please Welcome Back The Plant Forum To The Monthly Meetings
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Plant Forum Returns to Monthly Meetings From our first SD Hort meeting in 1994...
Jun 1, 2025
TREES, PLEASE! Life Is Alive And Well In Our Urban Trees
By Robin Y. Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Close-up of the enormous Moreton Bay Fig – San Diego’s Balboa Park - SDNHM I t’s...
Jun 1, 2025
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: San Diego Is Not A Desert, But…
By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Beavertail Pricklypear in bloom. Photo courtesy of Calscape. San Diego is Not a...
Jun 1, 2025
FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Lavender
By Lee Somerville, UCCE San Diego Master Gardener. This article first appeared in May 2024 in the “Garden Mastery” column of the Union...
Jun 1, 2025
PERMACULTURE: Edible Flowers
By Mary 'Klibs' Dralle, for Let’s Talk Plants! June 2025. Crocus Flowers. Artist is bernswaelz. Provided by pixabay.com . This article is...
Jun 1, 2025
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