[Sacred Succulents] SS nursery news

[Sacred Succulents]

1/8/10

Greetings for the new year,

In early December we saw several nights of extreme cold (for us) 
with temperatures dropping below 18 F. This decimated all hope for 
Brugmansia flowers (which always come late for us, if at all), 
damaged the tender tips of some of the Trichocereus and caused 
damage to seedlings of some of our Andean collections in the cold 
house. It’s always interesting to see which plants have true 
hardiness here and which are more tender than we thought. 
The weather since then has been fairly mild, with intermittent rain 
and sun. It has been a fantastic season for edible mushrooms in 
northern California, a bounty of chantrelles, shrimps, oysters, 
Amanitas, etc. Now that we have swung through another Solstice the 
daylight hours are slowly increasing, though January and February 
usually feel the darkest and wettest of the year. We will spend 
this time mulching, planting trees, cleaning the last of the years 
seed harvests, and planning our Spring trip to the Andes. 
In fact if you’re interested in joining us for this years Andean 
expedition, email me and i’ll let you know as soon as we have 
dates, cost, and itinerary.

If you have seed that needs cold stratification, now is still an 
excellent time to sow outdoors for Spring germination. We plant 
most of such seed between November and late January in seed “cages” 
that break up the heavy rains and protect the seeds from any number 
of local predators that include mice, voles, woodrats, and a 
spectrum of birds.

The new illustrated catalog is finally completed (for the 2nd time 
in 2 months!) and has been mailed out. If you are not on our 
physical mailing list and would like to receive it, send $2 ($4 
foreign) to our PO Box.

The website has been just been updated, listing a bit over half of 
what’s in the new catalog. There is also a new page on cultivation 
information and a printable order form in PDF format. We should 
also finally have some photos posted in the coming weeks, so check 
back soon.
Thanks again to Mara for the website work.

RARE PLANT & SEED LIST - Issue 28 is now available. If you are not 
subscribed or have let your subscription lapse, we encourage you to 
sign up now. 4 issues for $5 or 8 issues for $8. This is where we 
list our offerings of rarities and specimens. A few highlights from 
the new issue include - A great selectional of additional first 
offerings from our recent seed collections in Peru and a first 
chance at additional new seedlings and plants from our Andean 
collections last year including tuber crops such as Oca and Ulluco. 
Many of these plants will only be offered one time here.

GIFT CERTIFICATES - are always available!
NEW ITEMS

Supplement to the new catalog:
A PDF attachment of offerings that we did not have space to list in 
the new catalog or are only available in limited quantities.

SHIPPING & HANDLING:
Seeds– First class mail USA $2.00; Air mail international $4.00
Plants (USA only)– First class priority mail= $6.00 for the first 
plant $1.50 each additional plant.
Seeds ride free when ordered with plants.
Add $1 per plant if you want them sent potted.

CA RESIDENTS ADD 8.25% SALES TAX
We still only take Cash (USD$ or Euros), Money Orders, or Checks.
You can print out an order form- 
http://www.sacredsucculents.com/orderform.pdf
and mail it with payment to our Po Box

SACRED SUCCULENTS
PO Box 781, Sebastopol, CA 95473 USA

Email: sacredsucculents at hushmail.com
http://www.sacredsucculents.com
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