Sourcing California Native and other drought-tolerant plants

[XemaSab]

The California Native Plant Society is a terrific resource. Many local chapters have plant sales.

www.cnps.org


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Las Pilitas Nursery has two locations, one in Escondido and one in Santa Margarita.

http://www.laspilitas.com

The Theodore Payne foundation in Sun Valley

http://www.theodorepayne.org/

Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano

http://www.californianativeplants.com

The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens

www.sbbg.org

Yerba Buena Nursery in Woodside

http://www.yerbabuenanursery.com/

Intermountain Nursery in Prather

Floral Native Nursery in Chico

www.floralnativenursery.com/

Mostly Natives Nursery in Tomales

http://www.mostlynatives.com/

US Berkeley Botanic Garden in Berkeley

botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/

Annie's Annuals in Richmond

www.anniesannuals.com/

Wyntour Gardens in Redding

wyntourgardens.com

Berkeley Horticultural Nursery in Berkeley

www.berkeleyhort.com

Cornflower Farms in Elk Grove

www.cornflowerfarms.com

Elkhorn Native Plant Nursery in Soquel

www.elkhornnursery.com

Forestfarm in Williams, Oregon

www.forestfarm.com

Freshwater Farms in Eureka

www.freshwaterfarms.com

Larner Seeds in Bolinas

www.larnerseeds.com

Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery in Talent, Oregon

www.siskiyourareplantnursery.com

UC Davis Arboretum

http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu

San Francisco Botanical Garden

www.sfbotanicalgarden.org

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Two mail-order sites outside California are American Meadows

http://www.americanmeadows.com

and High Country Gardens

www.highcountrygardens.com

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Finally, I have to plug my friend's native plant landscaping business. The website is not quite there yet. He's in San Diego.

http://www.avibrantearth.com/

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Does anyone else have other sources for xeric plants?

[sazemisery]

1. I live in NE Oklahoma

To conserve water, I have gone to heat and drought resistant flowers in my garden. I also have to be very careful about deer resistant also. Bambi and his mother were in my back yard this week.

[XemaSab]

2. My friend's company will source natives too!

http://www.avibrantearth.com

[catchnrelease]

3. In Southern Cal

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden has now opened a nursery to the public. Their website is www.rsabg.org Plus their big Fall plant sale is to die for if you're into natives.

Often the local parks will have native plant sales in the fall. Eg. El Dorado Nature Center in El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach had a sale at the end of Oct. Also Madrona Marsh Preserve in Torrance at the beginning of Nov. Fullerton Arboretum had one I think in Oct. Of course these are not year round sources, but if people are interested, they might check some of their local parks/preserves/arboretums or nurseries.

I've done my whole (small)front yard over in natives and wish I had room to do more. (The dogs get the back yard.) My daughter lives in San Luis Obispo on 5 acres and I told her I have my eye on her place when I retire. I am a native fanatic!!!