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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
THE REAL DIRT ON: Dame Sylvia Crowe
By Carol Buckley. In these times of growing concern about land use and the need for development, the British landscape architect Dame...
Apr 1, 2017
BUGS AND BUGABOOS: Deadly Citrus Disease Lurks Nearby
By Vincent Lazaneo. Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening, is a devastating bacterial disease of citrus worldwide. The...
Apr 1, 2017
MEETING REPORT: March Meeting Report
By Lynn Langley. John Bagnasco absolutely loves roses. He has travelled extensively in pursuit of this passion, visiting many of world’s...
Apr 1, 2017
NEWS: 2017 Spring Garden Tour Garden Descriptions
Artistic Japanese This 1/3 acre property in Loma Portal was featured in the January 2017 edition of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles...
Apr 1, 2017
TO LEARN MORE: The No Sacrifice Low-Water California Garden
By Ava Torre-Bueno. This highly interactive web page from the San Diego County Water Authority pretty much has everything you’ll need to...
Apr 1, 2017
BOOK REVIEW
The Gardener’s Bed-Book By Richardson Wright Reviewed by: Caroline McCullagh. I found this book in a stack of second-hand books for sale....
Apr 1, 2017
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES
By Bobbie Stephenson. Adaptations to Aridity We are having a glorious spring because the rains have been spaced to allow the germination...
Apr 1, 2017
SHARING SECRETS: Australian Plants
Edited by Dayle Cheever. Our January speaker raved about Australian plants, but sometimes they don’t do so well in San Diego. What...
Apr 1, 2017
THE UNDERSTORY: Phosphorus and Australian plants
By Susan Starr. This is the first in a series of occasional columns providing further information from the scientific literature on...
Apr 1, 2017
MONTHLY MEETING: April Meeting - The No Sacrifice Low Water California Garden
On Monday, April 3, 2017, the San Diego Horticultural Society welcomes Scott Kleinrock, horticulturist, landscape designer, and garden...
Apr 1, 2017
TREES, PLEASE: A Shady Business: Citizens Need to Speak Up
By Robin Rivet. Do you avoid parking under a tree because you’re concerned that bird or insect feces might ruin your car wash? Although...
Apr 1, 2017
THE REAL DIRT ON: Ed Peterson (Consummate Native Plant Seedsman)
By Susan Krzywicki. Ed Peterson (1905-2005) was “seedsman and volunteer extraordinaire” for the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers...
Mar 1, 2017
MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Strine Outback Bush Walk – Part 4
Trek through the Tingle Trees By Jim Bishop. This is part four of a series about a Sept 2016 trip to view the wildflowers and scenery of...
Mar 1, 2017
TREES, PLEASE: Queen Palms, Part1: Growth Habit, Fertilizer, and Pruning
By Tim Clancy. Queen palms (Syagrus romanzoffianum) are popular ornamental “trees.” They are planted so frequently that some in the...
Mar 1, 2017
GUEST COLUMNIST: Love Your Yard and Eat It, Too! Compost is Compost is Compost – Or is it?
By Ari Tenenbaum. Spring is just around the corner, and San Diego gardeners should be thinking about transitioning to warm season veggies...
Mar 1, 2017
GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: How Green is My Valley
By Pat Pawlowski. Well, I do not actually live in a valley, but it is green (at least part of it). Of course, out here in Southern...
Mar 1, 2017
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