Where to Find Rare Succulents
An excerpt from Debra Lee Baldwin's Blog on our upcoming Summer Show & Sale. <<Collectors know where to find rare succulents: at shows...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Dec 25, 2018
- 1 min
January 2019 - Coffee in the Garden
We are hosting our annual succulent and cacti garden party on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Aloes should be in full bloom, mesembs should be...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Oct 12, 2018
- 3 min
Getting Ready for Growing Season
While winter is on its way in San Diego a lot of the plants we grow are just getting ready to wake up. Gasterias and Haworthias are prime...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Oct 12, 2018
- 1 min
Beginning Succulent Plant Staging
Hello all. With the days getting shorter and the nights getting cooler your winter growing plants are probably starting to wake up from...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
October Speaker: Ethiopia 2018
Walker Young has worked at the Ruth Bancroft Botanical Garden since 2012. He has traveled extensively to visit plant habitats in South...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Jul 7, 2018
- 2 min
June 2018 - Coffee in the Garden
You’re invited to enjoy a Coffee in the Garden at the home of Christine Vargas Saturday, June 16, 9:00AM–3:00PM, 1730 Huey Lane, Alpine...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Jul 7, 2018
- 2 min
Scripps New Coral Reef Garden
There was a small celebration at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in early May to celebrate the new “Coral Reef Garden,”...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Jul 7, 2018
- 1 min
July Speaker: Freaky Flowers - Echinopsis Flowers in Bloom
Cactus enthusiast Greg Krehel is our Program speaker this month. In this talk, Greg will show us many of his time lapses capturing the...
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Kirsten Higgins
- May 28, 2018
- 3 min
June 2018 - President's Message
May gray is hanging out in Santee. A good day to work in the greenhouse before the sun comes out next week. The forecast looks good for...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Apr 10, 2018
- 1 min
April Speaker: Copiapoa cacti in Chile: location, location, location
In November of 2017, We traveled to Chile again for a revisit to some wonderful cactus habitats. This trip included as many cactus as I...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min
April Plant of the Month - Sansevierias
The Plant List includes 131 scientific names for Sansevieria — 66 are accepted species names. Though originally placed in Lilliacea, they...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min
April 2018 - President's Message
Happy Spring to all of you. As the weather heats up, we can enjoy our plants. The cactus are starting to bloom, and it is flip flop...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Mar 5, 2018
- 4 min
March 2018 - President's Message
Wow, just wow. Did we have a great Winter Show & Sale or what? Record attendance and record sales; it doesn’t get much better than that....
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Kirsten Higgins
- Mar 4, 2018
- 3 min
March Speaker: The New, Rare & Seldom Seen Cacti & Succulents of Mexico
Mexico is considered by many to be one of the richest regions in the world for cacti. From the United States to the north, to its...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Jan 31, 2018
- 2 min
Staging: The Art of Succulent Plant Presentation
The art of staging succulent plants is like the framing of an expensive or prized picture or painting. The frame is the pot, the matting...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Jan 17, 2018
- 2 min
Coffee in the Garden
We are excited to host our garden party again! As many of you know, we removed a swimming pool and pond over a year ago and added large...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Jan 13, 2018
- 4 min
A Tribute to Ruth Bancroft (1908 - 2017)
The Cactus and Succulent world has lost one of its greats … Ruth (Petersson) Bancroft passed on November 26th, at the age of 109. Yes …...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
January Speaker: Soft Succulents
The title of the presentation is 'Soft Succulents' (also the title of the book that the talk/powerpoint will follow). I chose to use this...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Nov 5, 2017
- 2 min
November Plant of the Month - Aeonium
Well the heat is FINALLY subsiding and the “cool” weather season for San Diego is coming upon us. Not only is this a great time to smile...
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Kirsten Higgins
- Oct 2, 2017
- 1 min
October Plant of the Month - Fouquieria splendens, the Ocotillo
I’ve driven, boated, and hiked through the Mojave and Sonoran deserts hundreds of times over the past 20 years, particularly to spend...
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