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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

"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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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