 Mt. Gleason Paintbrush Richard W. Fisher, ASLA | California Native Plant Society
San Gabriel Mountains Chapter Newsletter ~ Programs ~ Outings ~ Classes ~ Membership ~ Contacts ~ New Pages |
Mt. Gleason Paintbrush Richard W. Fisher, ASLA | California Native Plant Society
San Gabriel Mountains Chapter Newsletter ~ Programs ~ Outings ~ Classes ~ Membership ~ Contacts ~ New Pages |
Sources of Native Plants for the San Gabriel Chapter Area
These pages are full of advice on what to buy including many plant descriptions, when to plant and how to care for your native gardens, as well as being just plain fun to read and to peruse the pictures!!
Note that many of the nurseries are not exclusively for California natives, and that many of the locations offer catalogs, seeds and books as well as container plants. It is always best to call ahead to check for plant availability and open hours.
Annual Plant Sales by CNPS Chapters
Botanic Gardens
Retail Nurseries
Wholesale Nurseries
Seeds and Books by Mail Order
Odds and EndsAnnual Plant Sales by CNPS Chapters
Under the Oaks: Native Plants for Foothill Gardens
Saturday, December 4, 9:00 am — 2:00 pm at Eaton Canyon Nature CenterOur Chapter’s annual fundraiser.
We will have a good variety of reasonably priced California native plants and wildflower seeds appropriate for gardens in the Los Angeles basin, including plants for attracting birds and butterflies to your home garden. Knowledgeable Chapter members will be on hand to answer your questions. There will be free printed materials on gardening with California native plants.
11:00 am: What’s That Bug Doing in My Garden presentation by Lili Singer in the Eaton Canyon Nature Center Auditorium.
Learn about both the good and bad insects in your garden and how to encourage or discourage them. Lili currently writes for the Home section of Los Angeles Times. For years she published The Southern California Gardener.
Cash or personal checks only please.
Botanic Gardens
- Fullerton Arboretum Plant Sales offers California Natives in the fall; 1900 Associated Road at Yorba Linda Boulevard, Fullerton; 714-278-3579
- The Garden Growers Nursery, operated by volunteers at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden; 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; 805-682-4726 x127
- The Palo Verde Garden Center at the Living Desert offers a complete collection of native desert plants; 47-900 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert, CA 92260; 760-346-5694
- Quail Botanical Gardens, dedicated to the conservation of rare and endangered plants from across the globe including California; 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas CA; 760-436-3036
- Rancho Santa Ana Friends Plant Sale 100 N College Ave, Claremont CA 91711-3157; 909-625-8767
Retail Nurseries
- Las Pilitas Nursery, putting life back into California gardens since 1974; Old Highway 395 and Nelson Way, Escondido, CA 92026; 760-749-5930 or 3232 Las Pilitas Road, Santa Margarita, CA 93453; 805-438-5992
- Matilija Nursery, featuring Native Plants from California and the Southwest; 8225 Waters Road, Moorpark, CA 93021; 805-523-8604
- The Theodore Payne Nursery, 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352; 818-768-1802
- Tree of Life Nursery, California Native Plants, limited retail hours; 33201 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA; 949-728-0685
Wholesale Nurseries
- El Nativo Growers, Inc., specializes in high quality plants from California, Australia and other Mediterranean climates that thrive in our Southern California environment; 200 S. Peckham Rd., Azusa, CA 91702; 626-969-8449
- Mockingbird Nursery, over 200 species and varieties of California natives, including desert and coastal plants, up to 15-gallon size; 1670 Jackson Street, Riverside, CA 92504; 909-780-3571; retail by appointment
- Native Sons, Inc., produces a wider variety of plants in smaller container sizes for the rapidly expanding retail nursery trade, experiments with new selections with the intention of adding a sense of exploration and discovery to California gardens; 379 W. El Campo Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420; 805-481-5996
- San Marcos Growers, wholesale plant nursery growing plants appropriate to the mediterranean climate including many California native plants; 125 South San Marcos Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; 805-683-1561
Seeds and Books by Mail Order
- Albright Seed Company offers online seed purchasing, products and services for the landscape and erosion control industries, sports turf managers and professional gardeners; 487 Dawson Drive, Bay 5S, Camarillo, CA 93012; 800-423-8112 Toll Free in CA
- Larner Seeds, Seeds of California's Native Plants, 235 Grove Road or P.O. Box 407, Bolinas, CA 94924; 415-868-9407
- S&S Seeds, a wholesale company providing wildflower, grass and California native plant seeds for Reclamation, Erosion Control and Landscape project; 5690 Casitas Pass Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013-3061; 805-684-0436
- SeedHunt.com, unusual sseds for curious gardeners; P.O. Box 96, Freedom, CA 95019-0096
- The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, Inc., 10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352; 818-768-1802
Odds and Ends
- Native plants for a California garden, gardening and landscaping with native plants, free online garden design by zip code using software provided by Las Pilitas; returns a plant list suitable for your area
© Jane Strong, June 2002
California Native Plant Society - San Gabriel Mountains Chapter 1750 North Altadena Drive, Pasadena, California 91107
URL: http://cnps-sgm.org/
Revised: 13 March, 2007