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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
NEWS: Volunteers Needed
By Karen Krugman. We are planning a social hour/vendor fair for our meeting on March 12, 2018 and will need volunteers to assist set-up,...
Feb 1, 2018
THE REAL DIRT ON: George Washington Carver: Educator, Botanist, and Champion for Poor Farmers
By Carol Buckley. I’ll never forget a talk about George Washington Carver given by an older student when I was in grammar school, but the...
Feb 1, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: Tree Terror: Are Your Trees on a Hit List?
By Robin Rivet. Today we face a force to rival Darth Vadar, and it ain’t pretty. The arrival and potential conquest by the Kuroshio and...
Feb 1, 2018
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: A Rose is a Rose…
By Bobbie Stephenson. San Diego County is home to three species of wild roses: California wild rose (Rosa californica), bald-hip rose...
Feb 1, 2018
FROM THE EDITOR: Plants Wanted
By Susan Starr. At each monthly meeting, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in the blue bottles provided on our...
Feb 1, 2018
NEWS: Enchanting Encinitas Garden Tour
By John Beaudry. Tickets for the 2018 Spring Garden Tour, Enchanting Encinitas are now on sale. The tour will feature exquisite private...
Feb 1, 2018
BUGS AND BUGABOOS: Prime Slime Time
By Vincent Lazaneo. Snails are found in irrigated gardens throughout the year, but their reproduction and growth accelerates after winter...
Feb 1, 2018
NEWS: Western Summer Tours: Santa Fe and Denver
Join Pacific Horticulture this summer as we tour beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico to explore more than 1,000 years of culture, history, and...
Feb 1, 2018
FROM THE BOARD: February 2018
By Frank Mitzel. Thanks to all the members who braved driving in the rain to attend the January meeting. For those who made it, speaker...
Feb 1, 2018
MONTHLY MEETING: Tom Nuccio on Nuccio’s Camellias
Speaker: Tom Nuccio. On Monday, February 12, 2018, the San Diego Horticultural Society welcomes Tom Nuccio, of Nuccio’s Nursery, the...
Jan 10, 2018
GARDENS OF THE WORLD: Gardens of Northern Italy Near Lake Como
By Frank Mitzel. Starting in 1989, I've visited the Lake Como region of northern Italy five times during the eighteen trips to Italy that...
Jan 1, 2018
FROM THE EDITOR: Lilac Fire Destroys Local Nursery
By Susan Starr. Rainforest Flora’s growing grounds, located at the epicenter of the Lilac Fire, on West Lilac Road, was completely...
Jan 1, 2018
NEWS: Garden-Themed Egyptian Tapestries on Display
For the second successive year, garden-themed tapestries from the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre in Egypt will be on display at the San...
Jan 1, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: This One's for the Birds
By Tim Clancy. One of the great pleasures of working with trees is the opportunity to observe the relationships of creatures with trees....
Jan 1, 2018
THE REAL DIRT ON: Norbert Rillieux: Engineer, Inventor, and Father of Sugar Processing
By Susan Krzywicki. Sugar production in California has a long and, excuse the pun, lumpy history. But understanding the history of sugar...
Jan 1, 2018
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: How to Grow Woolly Blue Curls
By Lee Gordon. Trichostema lanatum, or woolly blue curls, may be San Diego’s most beautiful native shrub, but it has a reputation for...
Jan 1, 2018
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