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SACXS FACTSSACXS FACTS NEWSLETTER FOR THE SAN ANTONIO CACTUSNEWSLETTER FOR THE SAN ANTONIO CACTUS
AND XEROPHYTE SOCIETYAND XEROPHYTE SOCIETY
June 2014 VOLUME 26, NUMBER 6June 2014 VOLUME 26, NUMBER 6
SACXS Board MembersSACXS Board Members
President: President: Marty Ruona Marty Ruona [email protected]@rhinamic.com First ViceFirst Vice--President: President: Marty Ruona Marty Ruona [email protected]@rhinamic.com Second ViceSecond Vice--President: President: Grace Fry [email protected] Fry [email protected] Third ViceThird Vice--PresidentPresident: : Claude Townsend Claude Townsend [email protected] [email protected]
Recording Secretary: Recording Secretary: Tess Weaver Tess Weaver [email protected]@satx.rr.com Publicity Secretary: Publicity Secretary: Eula Townsend Eula Townsend [email protected]@satx.rr.com Treasurer: Treasurer: Doug Coates Doug Coates [email protected]@sacxs.com SAGC Liaison: SAGC Liaison: Sidney Yarbrough [email protected] Yarbrough [email protected]
Directors: Directors: Linda Draper Linda Draper [email protected]@prodigy.net Alice Knight Alice Knight [email protected]@aol.com Barbara Schulze Barbara Schulze [email protected]@pisd.us Librarian: Librarian: Paul Kibler Paul Kibler [email protected]@satx.rr.com
SACXS FACTS Editor: SACXS FACTS Editor: Linda Draper Linda Draper [email protected] [email protected]
Visit our website: www.sacxs.orgVisit our website: www.sacxs.org
Table of Contents
Page 1 President’s Message
Page 2 June Program
Page 3 Refreshments/Auction Assignments
Page 4 Too Much of a Good Thing
Page 5 Too Much of a Good Thing, cont.
Page 6 May’s Festive Meeting
Page 7 May Meeting Photos
Page 8 Yucca Do Field Trip/Claude’s Agave
Page 9 Program Line-up June– July
“THE SAN ANTONIO CACTUS AND XEROPHYTE SOCIETY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1977 TO PROMOTE THE STUDY, “THE SAN ANTONIO CACTUS AND XEROPHYTE SOCIETY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1977 TO PROMOTE THE STUDY, PROPAGATION, CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENT PLANTS.”PROPAGATION, CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENT PLANTS.”
SACXS President’s Message
I hope everyone has been enjoying our Spring weather. It has been cooler than previous years, but we all know the regular heat and humidity are headed our way. Eva and I have a bumper crop of tomatoes this year. I attribute much of that to the cooler temps.
Many of my plants are out the greenhouses, and most of the annual repotting for the cactus and succulents which outgrew their pots has been completed. During the hot of summer I like to slow down on the repotting and landscape chores. Yes I water something daily, but this is enjoyable to me. I am a gardener. Kind of like an addiction. I have to admit I go overboard when it comes to tending my plants, inclusive of the potted collection, the gardens, and the stupid lawn! Any of you relate to my situation?
Thanks go out to Ann and Jimmy Black for graciously hosting our club at their home, for last months meeting. They have such a wonderful home and plant collection.
June 18th is our next meeting. "Xeriscaping Explained" is the title of this months program. I am presenting a photo exposé on xeric landscaping, with photos of all the stages it takes to re-place a lawn with xeric plants/gardens.
Continued on p. 2
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SACXS June 18, 2014 Program
Xeriscaping Explained
Mary Ruona
Master Gardener, Marty Ruona has decades of experience transforming local landscapes from traditional to water-wise. He will explain the ins and outs of xeric
gardening in San Antonio and share a slide show of some of these amazing transformations from start to finish. There will be plenty of time for questions and
answers.
This program will be held at The San Antonio Garden Center
3310 N. New Braunfels Ave, San Antonio 78209
Social time: 6:30 Program: 7:15
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The General Public is Welcome
June President’s Message—continued
There is a field trip planned for June 28th. Our club is traveling to Giddings TX to visit YUCCA DO NURSERY. This is a premier cactus, succulent, and xeric plant nursery.
They are not regularly open to the public. Visit their web site http://www.yuccado.com and familiarize your self with their inventory and pricing before
we go there. (Wades suggestion)
I am headed out to tend my addiction and water again. Gunna leave this computer
and enjoy my plants. You do the same.
SACXS FACTS Vol. 26, #6 Page 3
Refreshment Assignments Marty McMillan [email protected]
Yolanda Medina [email protected]
Todd Mernin [email protected]
Larry & Pat Murphy [email protected]
Dale Neese [email protected]
Please consider signing up to be part of the refreshments committee. Signup sheet
will be available on the table with the refreshments. Refreshments only happen
when people volunteer and share the responsibility.
Auction Assignments Floyd Waller [email protected]
Tess Weaver [email protected]
Jeannie Williams [email protected]
Manny Zamora [email protected]
Gerald /Sidney Yarbrough [email protected]
Auction plants can be purchased or from your own collection . They should be clean
and in good condition and worth at least $5. If you cannot bring a plant for auction, you
may contribute $5 or more. Funds from the Raffles and Auctions are used to offset the
cost of renting the Garden Center for our meetings.
Feel free to bring plants, cuttings, seeds etc. for our raffles each month. These are gen-
erally of a size that you might start and give to a friend….but you can always bring bigger
plants.. The variety is what makes the raffles fun. Monies generated from raffles offset the
rental costs for the Garden Center.
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Too Much of a Good Thing By Barbara Schulze
What a wonderful amount of rain most of us received last week. It’s nice to not have to water
plants and to see things greening up and blooming. However, there are the weeds growing in
the cactus garden, the mowing of the lawn, and the hordes of mosquitoes to deal with. Randy
and I received at least 6 in. of rain, probably more because the rain gauge was overflowing.
We had a river of water that started on our neighbor’s property to the east, continued in front
of our house, flowed down the driveway, forced its way through the greenhouse, and traveled
to the front (south) end of our driveway knocking down the fence between our property and
the cemetery on the west side. We lost a large tree that fell over behind the house and Randy
had to tie up the fruit trees that were top-heavy with fruit. I have NEVER seen this much water
flowing through our place before. It’s a good thing neither of us had to leave the house that
day.
This is my greenhouse after the water started going
down. Almost every pallet (most were 2 pallets stacked)
was underwater. There is mud & debris everywhere and
even the weed guard was pulled up off of the ground.
It’s going to be a long clean-up .
This is water flowing from my
neighbor’s property to the east and
pushing its way right through my
greenhouse.
Continues on P. 5
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Too Much of a Good Thing, Continued
This is water flowing through my cactus garden. I have
never seen water in my garden like this before.
This is water entering my cactus garden.
There are quite a few gullies and holes
in the soil as well as debris where the
flowing water pushed its way through
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May’s Festive Meeting
By Barbara Schulze and Grace Fry
Photos by Bill Fry and Barbara Schulze
Our May meeting was held at the home of Ann and Jimmy Black. 25 members turned out to
enjoy the Black’s hospitality. They have a beautiful hill country property with an equally
beautiful home and landscaping. After a wonderful lunch of barbequed meats, salads, and
other side dishes, new and experienced members alike took a tour of the property with Jimmy
Black. He showed us several mini-gardens and discussed which xerophytic plants were doing
well in their micro-climate. He also explained how they dealt with wildlife in the area,
especially deer which often showed up to munch on their plants. One of their Agave Weber
was in bloom and was awesome to see. Ann gave a short demonstration on how to plant,
Bonsai style, a small Pachypodium, bought by Grace Fry at the recent SACXS Show and Sale.
We also toured the greenhouses and found some treasures in their sales area. The weather for
the day was just perfect and the meeting at the Black's home was a great introduction for new
members to the events of our society. Huge thanks to the Blacks for a memorable day.
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May Meeting Photos By Bill Fry and Barbara Schulze
Food
Bonsai
planting
demo Friends
Plants and
garden talk
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Field Trip to Yucca Do Nursery in Giddings
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 28 and plan to join us in a visit to Yucca Do Nursery in
Giddings, TX. (about a 2 hour drive NE of San Antonio).
Yucca Do specializes in heat and drought tolerant plants sold through their website. They are
not a typical retail nursery and they are not generally open to shoppers .
It’s smart to plan ahead before we visit. Go to their website and look at what plants are availa-
ble and the prices. Make yourself a list. We can find and buy curious plant cultivars from the
southwest, Mexico and South America, Africa, and Asia, and beyond. I’ve already started my
list.
http://www.yuccado.com/
It’s Too Tall for a Vase, Claude Photos courtesy of Claude Townsend
Claude Townsend’s Agave parryi put on quite a show..
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Program Line-up
June—July 2014
06-18-2014 General Meeting
At the Garden Center
6:30-9:00pm
"Xeriscaping Explained" is the title of this months program. Master Gardener, Marty Ruona presenting a photo exposé on xeric landscaping, with photos of all the stages it takes to replace a
lawn with xeric plants/gardens.
06-28-2014 Field Trip
To Yucca Do Nursery in
Giddings TX
Members will travel approximately 2 hours to
Giddings to visit the renown specialty nursery,
Yucca Do. Details will be emailed nearer the date.
07-16-2014 General Meeting
At the Garden Center
6:30-9:00pm
Dish Gardens
SACXS members have a chance to create their own
dish garden at this meeting. Tess Weaver is lead-ing us thru the art of creating beautiful succulent
dish gardens. Bring your own pot/bowl. The club will provide soil, plants, and top dressings. There is a
$20.00 charge to participate. No charge for
watching..
Friends, remember this is your newsletter. Please consider contributing an article, tip, photos
of your favorite plant. Ask a question and I’ll research an answer from some of our expert
growers. There are lots of ways to contribute and it will be more fun for all of us if we have a
varied group of contributors.
If you want to submit something, I try to get the newsletter out by the end of the first week of
the month so I need the submission in the end of the previous month. I can work with what-
ever constraints you have.
Send your ideas to me at [email protected] or call me at 210-828-7224 to discuss.
Linda Draper, Newsletter Editor
