Original upload date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:17:22 GMT
Growing and Appreciating California Succulents in the Garden and in the Wild." A few pieces of California native succulents from a CNPS wildflower show prompted geologist and restorationist Paul Heipl
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e to add many California natives to his large collection of "foreign" succulents. Soon he was deep into Dudleyas, Sedums, Lewisias, cacti, and yuccas. Paul will share the excitement of finding these beautiful plants in the wild, and he will tell how he grows them. Paul volunteers extensively with the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of CNPS, where he shares his expertise and enthusiasm for succulents, as well as the message that native wildlife need native plants. He also leads the long-running, effective weed warrior effort at Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve, a famous serpentine grassland reserve in Redwood City (on the San Francisco Peninsula).