Meetings are on the second Sunday of each month at 1:00 pm in the Frances Young Hall at:
South Coast Botanic Garden,
26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274, USA
(About 23 miles south of downtown Los Angeles).
Next Meeting
South Coast C&SS monthly meeting July 2025
PRESENTER FOR JULY: Keith Taylor \”Chopped; Root pruning 101\”
Special Event(s)
Next Calendar Event(s)
CSSA – Annual Show and Sale 2025
JUNE 27-29, daily 10am-5pm CSSA Annual Show and Sale –- Reservations Required Fri/Sat/Sun Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108 Info. Reservations- https://huntington.org, Show/Sale- call Nick Renteria…
San Jose C&SS – Show and Sale 2025
June 27-29 Fri. 5pm-7pm, Sat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-3:30pm Info. www.csssj.org Peterson Middle School, 1380 Rosalia Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Mini-Show Results June 2025
Mini Show results, winners and photos of plants.
Mini-Show Standings
Mini-Show Standings
Current table of points from Mini-Shows.
Mini-Show Cactus July 2025: Matucana, Oroya
Cacti from Peru.
Mini-Show Succulent July 2025: Echeveria
A large genus of succulents in the Crassulaceae family, native from the mountains of Mexico to northwestern South America.
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We Aim To:
- Promote education and cooperation among hobbyists and others interested in the study, culture, and propagation of succulent plants, including cacti.
- Support the activities of organizations whose goals include the conservation of cacti and succulents in their native habitats.
- Learn facts, make friends, have fun!
Plant Nomenclature Syntax Page
We have a new page called “Plant Nomenclature Syntax” describing some of the rules of plant scientific names.
2025 Annual Plant: Mammillaria perezdelarosae
2025 Annual Plant: Mammillaria perezdelarosae from Jalisco, Mexico
Final Mini-Show Standings 2024
The final Mini-Show points totals for the year 2024.