Here are sources for California native plants in the Bay Area and beyond:
Call before visiting nurseries. All cities are located in California, USA. Also see the California Native Plant Link Exchange for additional sources for native plants. |
NURSERIES AND SEED SOURCES
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Annie's Annuals & Perennials |
740 Market Ave. Richmond, CA 94801 (510) 215-3301 |
Retail and mail order nursery with a large section dedicated to native plants. |
Bay Natives |
10 Cargo Way San Francisco 94124 (415) 287-6755 |
Wholesale and retail nursery with a wide selection of rare and endemic Bay Area native plants as well as choice species from across the state. |
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery |
1310 McGee Avenue Berkeley 94703 (510) 526-4704 |
Retail with one section devoted to natives. |
California Flora Nursery |
PO Box 3, Somers and D Street Fulton 95439 (707) 528 8813 |
Uncommon perennials, Mediterranean and California natives. Both wholesale and retail. Call for open hours. |
Capital Wholesale Nursery |
2938 Everdale Drive San Jose, CA 95148 (408) 239-0589 |
Uncommon perennials, Mediterranean and California natives. Both wholesale and retail |
Central Coast Wilds |
336 A Golf Club Drive Santa Cruz 95060 (831) 459-0656 |
California native seeds, plants, revegetation, consulting, and habitat restoration for professionals and home gardeners. |
East Bay Wilds Native Plant Nursery |
28th Ave at Foothill Blvd Fruitvale District of Oakland 510-409-5858 |
Call for hours. Native plants plus demonstration garden. |
Grassroots Ecology Native Nursery |
Foothills Park Palo Alto 650-949-3158 |
A wholesale nursery growing local native stock. Open to professionals by appointment. |
Larner Seeds |
PO Box 407 235 Grove Road Bolinas 94971 (415) 868-9407 |
Mail order seeds and California native wildflowers, perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees. Demonstration garden. Retail plants at the nursery from October through July. |
Las Pilitas Nursery |
3232 Las Pilitas Rd Santa Margarita, CA 93453 (805) 438-5992 |
Mail order and on-site nursery. Planning tool gives you an instant native plant list for your ZIP Code, soil type, sun/shade exposure, wide variety plant purchases available. Deer problems link. Extensive native plants lists. |
Linda Vista Native Plants |
San Jose. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
By appointment. Occasional public sales announced to their email list. |
Mission Blue Nursery |
1 Mountain Flora Parkway Brisbane, CA 940056 (415) 467-6631 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Quarterly and by-appointment sales. Mission Blue Nursery grows plants entirely from seeds and cuttings collected on San Bruno Mountain. |
Mostly Natives Nursery |
54 B Street, Unit D Point Reyes Station, CA 94956 (415) 663-8835 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Wholesale and retail coastal natives and drought-tolerant plants. Call for open hours. |
Native Here Nursery |
101 Golf Course Drive in Tilden Regional Park Berkeley 94708 (510) 549-0211 |
Alameda and Contra Costa County natives. Nursery is operated by East Bay CNPS for East Bay Regional Parks District. Tuesday noon-3pm, Friday 9am-noon, Saturday 10am-1pm. |
Native Revival Nursery |
(831) 684-1811 |
Online-only. Wholesale and retail seeds and plants, contract collection and growing, revegetation and restoration. |
Oaktown Native Plant Nursery |
702 Channing Way Berkeley, CA (510) 387-9744 |
Retail and wholesale. Offers contract growing for restoration and large landscaping projects. |
Our City Forest |
1000 Spring St. San Jose, CA 95110 (408)785-2302 |
Retail |
Pacific Coast Seed |
533 Hawthorne Place Livermore 94550 (925) 373-4417 or (800) 733-3462 |
Wholesale or through local nurseries. Wildflower and grass seeds. |
Payless Nursery |
2927 S. King Road San Jose 95122 (4080 274-7815 |
This independent nursery devotes a section to a varied selection of native trees, shrubs and perennials. Address your native plant questions to Wanda Olson. |
Rana Creek Nursery |
7480 Williams Ranch Road Carmel, CA 93923 (831) 659-3820 |
Native grass seed production and four-acre native plant nursery. Wholesale only. Revegetation, seed, container, and bare root plants. |
Regional Parks Botanic Garden |
Southpark Drive and Wildcat Canyon Road in Tilden Regional Park Berkeley 94708 (510) 841-8732 |
Retail plants on Thursday 10am-noon. Seed is available in Visitor Center in fall and winter. April Spring Plant Sale. |
Seedhunt |
PO Box 96 Freedom 95019 |
Mail order annual and perennial seed with hard to find selections and about one-third native |
Sierra Azul Nursery & Gardens |
2660 East Lake Avenue (Highway 152) Watsonville 95076 (831) 763 0939 |
Mediterranean, native, and water-conserving plants for California displayed in demonstration gardens as well as the nursery. |
S&S Seeds |
P.O. Box 1275 Carpinteria, CA 93014 (805) 684-0436 |
Wholesale seeds, with $150 minimum order. |
SummerWinds Nursery |
725 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650) 493-5136 |
Retail. There are several locations, but the Palo Alto store has the best selection of natives. Ask for Judith for assistance. |
Suncrest Nurseries, Inc |
400 Casserly Road Watsonville 95076 (831) 728-2595 |
Wholesale only. See website for retail outlets. Develops new and unusual coastal plants with some natives. |
Tree of Life Nursery |
PO Box 635 33201 Ortega Highway San Juan Capistrano 92693 (949) 728-0685 |
Wholesale and retail. Contract collects and grows. Round House Plant Store has plants and books for home gardener. |
Watershed Nursery |
601 A Canal Blvd. Richmond, CA 94804 (510) 234-22225 |
Retail native plants. Contract collects and grows. |
Yerba Buena Nursery |
12511 San Mateo Rd. (Hwy 92) Half Moon Bay (650) 851-1668 |
Retail native plants with some seed. |
NATIVE PLANT SALES
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Strybing Arboretum Arboretum and Botanical Gardens |
Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave at Lincoln Way, San Francisco (415) 661-1316 |
Saturday sales with one for natives in the autumn. |
University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden |
200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley (510) 642-3343 |
Autumn sale with some natives that are hard to find. |
University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum |
Empire Grade at Western Drive, Santa Cruz (831) 427-2998 |
Joint sale with CNPS Santa Cruz Chapter in April. |
ONLINE SOURCES & RESOURCES
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California Gardens |
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Extensive list of California native plants. Pictures and plant descriptions. Ojai, California e-business. |
California Native Grass Association |
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Information packets, seed sources, workshops, website resources. Primary focus is grassland restoration, but resource list is broader. |
El Nativo Growers Inc |
(626) 969-8449 |
Good source of information on natives in the landscape. Wholesale only. |
The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants Inc. |
10459 Tuxford Street, Sun Valley 91352 (818) 768-1802 |
Promotes and restores landscapes and habitats, propagates and sells native plants and educates about native plants. Sells native seeds in quantity. |