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November 2025
Plant of the Month


PLANT FORUM: At The October 2025 Meeting
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! November 2025. For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum, where a horticultural expert spoke about plants brought in by members. These descriptions were printed in the newsletter and were also compiled, and are available free on our website at https://sdhort.org/PlantForum . This is an alphabetical listing of over 7500 plants, including over 1600 detailed descriptions. Check it out when thinking about plants to ad
Nov 1


PLANT FORUM: September 2025 Meeting
Compiled by Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2025. For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum, where a...
Sep 30


PLANT FORUM: August 2025 General Meeting
By Susi Torre-Bueno, for Let’s Talk Plants! September 2025. For over two decades a meeting highlight was the Plant Forum, where a...
Sep 1


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...
Jun 30


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...
May 31


APRIL FOOL'S DAY BOTANY: Echinocereus dahliaeflorus
The page, dubbed "Plant life that exists only on April 1st," has 22 "species," i.e. pranks, that date from 1900 through 2019 and are some of
Mar 31, 2020


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Common Myrtle is Not Just for Royalty
By Lisa Marun. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s recent royal wedding reminds us of the history and tradition that are inherent in such...
Jun 1, 2018


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Woolly Grevillea
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. At each monthly meeting, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on...
Mar 31, 2018


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Camellia japonica
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. At each monthly meeting, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on...
Mar 1, 2018


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Kalanchoe 'Elk Antlers'
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. At each monthly meeting, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on...
Dec 1, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Peperomia 'Ruby Glow'
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. At each monthly meeting, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on...
Oct 31, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Oxbane
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. Each month, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on our display...
Oct 1, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: Indian Clock Vine
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. Each month, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on our display...
Aug 31, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: July 2017 Plant Display
By Susi Torre-Bueno. What is the Plant Display? Each month, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in blue bottles on...
Jul 31, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: May 2017 Plant Display
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. What is the Plant Display? Each month, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in...
Jun 1, 2017


PLANT OF THE MONTH: April 2017 Plant Display
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. What is the Plant Display? Each month, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in...
May 1, 2017
PLANT OF THE MONTH: February 2017 Plant Display
By Sherrill Leist and Lisa Marun. What is the Plant Display? Each month, members bring in plants, cuttings, or flowers and put them in...
Mar 1, 2017
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