Las Pilitas nursery grows a whole lot of California native plants.

This website is an effort to inform and entertain you about aspects of native plants and native gardens that we've learned in the last 35 years. The 5000+ pages include garden and landscaping ideas for a hummingbird, wildlife, butterfly, or bird garden. Of course, we have information about California native plants along with some basic ecology of California and its plants. There are horticultural, edible, landscape and design pages mixed with every other use we can think of to bring landscapes and gardens alive, while you have fun! Small gardens can still be a niche for one bird or a handful of desirable insects, while larger gardens can be bigger than most of the 'restorations', supporting a full spectrum of wildlife. Why use naturalized plants when you can have fun planting the real natural wildflowers? Wildflowers don't have to be annuals; they can be perennials, bushes and even trees. They're still 'wild' flowers, the wild birdsbutterflies love them. Go wild with your design, do less work, use less water, having fun while you're at it.
The mountains and hillsides of California are in flower with wild sages, Salvia spp., and wild buckwheat . California also has a wide variety of wild Mountain lilacs and Manzanitas.

What's the nature of your garden? My native plant selector

In San Diego county the native plant nursery is 30-60 seconds off of I-15 at 8331 Nelson Way (just 100 ft. off of Old Highway 395; across Little Moosa Creek) in Escondido, CA, 92026. Phone 760-749-5930. The nursery is open to retail and wholesale customers 9 AM to 4 PM, Tuesday through Saturday.

In San Luis Obispo county the nursery has a nine acre footprint at 3232 Las Pilitas Rd., Santa Margarita,CA, 93453. Phone: 805-438-5992. The nursery is open to the public Saturday only, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. The nursery is open to wholesale customers Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Pacific Standard Time.

We have introduced several very popular, native hybrids and cultivars to the landscaping trade, which can be seen at our nursery and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, including: the perennials Penstemon  'Margarita BOP',  'Powerline Pink' Sage,  'Ramona' Monkey Flower,and the shrubs Salvia  'Pozo Blue' , Ceanothus 'Celestial Blue', 'Ceanothus 'Remote Blue', Ceanothus L.T. Blue and Salvia 'Celestial Blue

It is ok to plant native plants all year, for summer and fall plantings just treat the new planting to regular watering during the summer and fall months for the first year. Winter planting is easier, spring planting is fun!
Have you planted for a butterfly, bird or even yourself? Why are you saving the planet somewhere else?

Many of you love the website and would love to contribute to help us make more pages, but you do not need plants right now.  Well, we have friends and family in Burma and  they could really use some help. Burma Relief.

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