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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...
Kirsten Higgins
Oct 12, 20183 min read


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...
Kirsten Higgins
Apr 6, 20182 min read


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...
Kirsten Higgins
Nov 5, 20172 min read


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...
Kirsten Higgins
Oct 2, 20171 min read


September Plant of the Month: Astrophytums - Stars among the cacti
I was at first enamored by the geometric sculptural shapes that this genus displays. From the smallest golf ball sized Astrophytum...
Kirsten Higgins
Sep 8, 20172 min read


August Plant of the Month: Caudiciforms
A caudiciform is a plant with a swollen, water-storing stem or root/stem combina-tion called a caudex. A caudex is a type of thickened...
Kirsten Higgins
Jul 21, 20171 min read
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