An excerpt from Debra Lee Baldwin's Blog on our upcoming Summer Show & Sale. <<Collectors know where to find rare succulents: at shows hosted by Cactus and S...

We are hosting our annual succulent and cacti garden party on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Aloes should be in full bloom, mesembs should be continuing the show...

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 examples. While I h...

Hello all. With the days getting shorter and the nights getting cooler your winter growing plants are probably starting to wake up from their summer sleep. N...

Walker Young has worked at the Ruth Bancroft Botanical Garden since 2012. He has traveled extensively to visit plant habitats in South Africa and Mexico. T...

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 CA 91901 The garden ...

There was a small celebration at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in early May to celebrate the new “Coral Reef Garden,” recently planned and plante...

Cactus enthusiast Greg Krehel is our Program speaker this month. In this talk, Greg will show us many of his time lapses capturing the stunning beauty of Ech...

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 sunshine the weekend ...

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 could pack into a m...

The Plant List includes 131 scientific names for Sansevieria — 66 are accepted species names. Though originally placed in Lilliacea, they are now in Asparaga...

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. You cannot hold an e...

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 southern border of Guatemal...

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 is the top dressing,...

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 raised planters. We...

The Cactus and Succulent world has lost one of its greats … Ruth (Petersson) Bancroft passed on November 26th, at the age of 109. Yes … you read that correc...

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 nebulous title to i...

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 at your air-conditi...

I’ve driven, boated, and hiked through the Mojave and Sonoran deserts hundreds of times over the past 20 years, particularly to spend time at our second home...