Plant of the Month

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...