Succulents and More™

In spite of the unseasonable heat, fall is here. For many of us, that means planting season. In the Sacramento area, one of the best places to indulge your plant buying habit is the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery . Every year, it hosts a series of plant sales , usually three in the spring and three in the fall. This year, the fall sales are on October 5 (members only), October 26, and November 16 (clearance sale). As a volunteer, I’m at the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery every week, and I can tell you that the sales floor is overflowing with cool plants. According to the online inventory for the October 5 sale, there are more than 23,000 plants from almost 800 different taxa, ranging from to Abutilon to Zephyranthes . California natives? Check. Water-wise plants? Check. Succulents? Check. Grasses, vines, bulbs? Check, check, and check. No matter which plants or gardening style you’re into, there’s plenty to choose from. In fact, the selection is larger than at most commerci