2022 Mar-May | SDHS Newsletter

2022 Mar-May Articles

May 16, 2022

NEXT MEETING: June 2022 - Bees In The Garden; Why We Are Losing Them & How To Get Them Back

Bombus vosnesenskii on California poppy, Eschscholzia californica. Photo credit: Sharon Reeve. JUNE 2022 PROGRAM - SHARON REEVE Bees In...

May 1, 2022

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS - Portuguese Wildflowers

By Jim Bishop, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. In mid-April, Scott and I traveled to Portugal for a bike tour. Getting older, we opted...

May 1, 2022

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Announcing The Next Quarter Reads!

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2022. You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone welcome. SDHBC meets the...

May 1, 2022

THE BUG MAN: Soft Scales

By James A. Bethke, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. Soft scale insects can be quite a pest in the landscape and garden in southern...

May 1, 2022

SHARING SECRETS: Favorite Garden Thing To Do

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. Question… … What is your favorite thing to do in your garden now that it's...

May 1, 2022

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Herbal Succulents - Aloe Vera Blossom Sauté

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. Vista, California. Sunset through Aloe vera blossoms. Flowers destined for tacos! A...

May 1, 2022

ABRAXAS HIGH SCHOOL: Plant Sale Fundraiser Saturday May 7, Poway

Abraxas Garden Abraxas High School in Poway was one of the eight great stops on the SDHS Peaks & Valleys Garden Tour in March 2022. And...

May 1, 2022

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The World’s Most Abundant Protein

By Carl Price and Ellen Reardon, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! May 2008, Issue No. 164. Reprinted May 2022. Springtime is...

May 1, 2022

APRIL 2022 MEETING REPORT: How to Grow Epicactus & Help Them Bloom

Epiphyllum Vogelii.jpg × Disophyllum 'Vogelii' (Probably not the same 'Vogelii' as published in Blühende Kakteen or Iconographia...

May 1, 2022

PEAKS & VALLEYS POWAY GARDEN TOUR 2022 REPORT: Part 1 - Artist's In The Gardens

Part 1 Submitted by Barbara Raub, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. Part 2 Coming next month. Here is the beautiful art created during the...

May 1, 2022

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Four Ways to Beat the Summer Heat

By Sommer Cartier, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2022. If you’ve ever cared for a garden during the late summer months in San Diego, you...

May 1, 2022

TREES, PLEASE! Tiki Carved Trees

By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! May 2022. Almost 100 years ago the tiki culture became popular in the United States. One of the...

May 1, 2022

NEXT MEETING: May 2022 In-person Meetings Resume at Congregation Beth Israel!

Rebecca Sweet is a garden designer with her design firm 'Harmony In The Garden', located in Northern California. Her gardens have been...

May 1, 2022

GUEST COLUMN: Super-Easy Lazy Composting

By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. I've tried many composting methods over many years of gardening, but in late 2021 I...

May 1, 2022

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Lady Banks Roses

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! May 2022. Lady Banks Rose has been grown for 2,000 years in gardens in China. It has no...

Apr 12, 2022

NEXT MEETING: May 2022 In-person Meetings Resume at Congregation Beth Israel!

Rebecca Sweet is a garden designer with her design firm 'Harmony In The Garden', located in Northern California. Her gardens have been...

Apr 1, 2022

NEXT MEETING: 04/11/22 - How to Grow Epicactus & Help Them Bloom

With Gretchen Ward. Zoom Only. Photo credit: Gretchen Ward. Join the SDHS on April 11, 2022, at 6 pm on ZOOM only for the General Meeting...

Apr 1, 2022

PRESIDENT’S LETTER: Oh, How I Love An April Fool!

By Gosh and by Golly. (Actually, by Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022) “April 1. This is the day upon which we are...

Apr 1, 2022

MARCH MEETING & POWAY GARDEN TOUR REPORTS: Coming In May

March 2022 was crazy busy for the San Diego Horticultural Society and in order to report on all the wonderful things that happened; the...

Apr 1, 2022

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: First Monday Of Every Month On Zoom At 5pm

You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club – everyone welcome. SDHBC meets the first Monday of every month on Zoom at 4:30pm for Happy...

Apr 1, 2022

BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: New Bi-monthly Column By Ida Rigby

By Ida K. Rigby for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. We must begin with this column’s origin story. Our SDHS Book Club read Jonathan...

Apr 1, 2022

TREES, PLEASE! Is Your Tree Going To Pot?

By Robin Y Rivet, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. Should you grow your tree in a pot? If I wasn’t addressing horticulturists: I’d...

Apr 1, 2022

PERMACULTURE: Loving Nature To Death

By Diane Kennedy, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. With the best of intentions, many people who love the natural world can also be...

Apr 1, 2022

EDITOR’S LETTER: Yet The Lilac With Mastering Odor Holds Me

By Karen England, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d - By Walt Whitman When lilacs last in the...

Apr 1, 2022

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: “Circling Back to Nature”, CA Native Gardens of East San Diego County

By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk plants! April 2022. On Saturday, April 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., you will be able to feast your senses on...

Apr 1, 2022

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Pink Muhly Grass – Satisfying On So Many Levels

By Master Gardener Michael Harrelson, reprinted here with permission in Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. Pink Muhly Grass or Pink Hair...

Apr 1, 2022

SHARING SECRETS: Favorite Horticultural Author Or Book

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. This Month’s Question: Do you have a favorite horticultural author or is there...

Apr 1, 2022

HOUSEPLANTS AND INDOOR GARDENING: Herbal Houseplants, New Book By Susan Betz

Book review by Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! April 2022. “Perfect guide for growing herbs indoors.” “Not only are herbs fragrant...

Apr 1, 2022

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: The Joy Of Growing Wisteria

By Francesca Filanc, for Let’s Talk Plants! April 2022. ‘April Showers Bring May Flowers’ The expression originates from a line in an...

Mar 25, 2022

NEXT MEETING: 04/11/22 - How to Grow Epicactus & Help Them Bloom

With Gretchen Ward. Zoom Only. Photo credit: Gretchen Ward. Join the SDHS on April 11, 2022, at 6 pm on ZOOM only for the General Meeting...

Mar 1, 2022

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: Makin' More Mosaics

By Jim Bishop, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. Back in February 2018 and April 2018 I wrote two articles for the newsletter about...

Mar 1, 2022

SDHS GARDEN TOUR: The Peaks & Valleys Of Poway

Tickets are selling fast! Get yours here - https://sdhort.org/event-4512322 Our 2022 Spring Garden Tour is in the lovely rolling hills of...

Mar 1, 2022

NEXT MEETING: March 14, 2022 - A Livelier Iris

All about growing Louisiana, Siberian, Spuria, Pacific Coast and Bearded Irises in San Diego County. In the Spring a livelier iris...

Mar 1, 2022

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: New Day, Same Time!

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. New Day, Same Time! You are invited to join the SD Hort Book Club on Zoom - Come...

Mar 1, 2022

REMEMBERING HOY: Horticulturist of the Year 2010 Bruce Asakawa, 1941 - 2022

"It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bruce Moto Asakawa on January 27, 2022, after more than a 30-year struggle with...

Mar 1, 2022

FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT: Water Conservation Garden

Water Conservation Garden By Donna Mallen, Karen England and Janet Ward for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. For our first live meeting...

Mar 1, 2022

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: Drink Your Greens

Drink Your Greens By Sommer Cartier for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. Nothing beats fresh vegetable juice for its goodness, nourishment...

Mar 1, 2022

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Leafy Greens Juice

Leafy Greens Juice By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. Since I have a burgeoning raised bed of mixed greens growing...

Mar 1, 2022

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Annual Native Garden Tour East San Diego County This April

“Circling Back to Nature”, California Native Gardens of East San Diego County By Susan Lewitt, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. On...

Mar 1, 2022

SHARING SECRETS: Winter Blues… Do You Have Any?

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. This month's question: Winter Blues … Do you have any? Are they blue flowers or...

Mar 1, 2022

THE BUG MAN: Sooty Mold

Sooty Mold By James A. Bethke, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. I gave a presentation a few years back at a community center, which was...

Mar 1, 2022

TREES, PLEASE! Tree Mutilation For Fun And Profit

Tree Mutilation For Fun And Profit By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. For me, tree pruning falls into three general...

Mar 1, 2022

HOUSEPLANTS MAKE A HOUSE A HOME: Review Of Better Homes & Gardens Special Houseplants Publication

Review Of Better Homes & Gardens Special Houseplants Publication By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. For only $12.99...

Mar 1, 2022

FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Glass Of Lemonade-berry-ade

A Glass Of Lemonade-berry-ade By Pat Pawlowski, March 2022, originally published in Let’s Talk Plants! March 2011, No.198. "When life...

Mar 1, 2022

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: March Is A Work Horse Month In Our Gardens

By Francesca Filanc, for Let's Talk Plants! March 2022. Traditionally March is a work horse month in our gardens. My mum, Pat Welsh,...