CNPS Yerba Buena speaker program with Susan Karasoff:
San Francisco’s native plants include gorgeous colorful plants that evolved in and are adapted to our varied soils and our variable weather. These plants also bring color to our gardens by attracting and feeding beautiful butterflies that co-evolved for their caterpillars to eat the leaves of these beautiful plants. We’ll discuss what to plant in San Francisco to get colorful blooms throughout the year, including shallow rooted plants that thrive in containers.
Susan Karasoff gardens in San Francisco’s clay and chert soil in former oak woodland. Susan is a member of the California Native Plant Society Yerba Buena chapter. Susan takes an “only the easiest plants survive” approach to gardening. Susan grows a buffet of native butterfly caterpillar, specialist bee, edible, shade tolerant and colorful native plants.