LA Native Plant Source propagates plants native to the Los Angeles area. All proceeds support the Theodore Payne Foundation.
June 1, 2025: The LA Native Plant Source nursery is now closed for the summer. We will reopen on October 1.
Make it a Habitat
The biggest problem with gardens designed to attract wildlife is that…they attract wildlife.
Hand Job
Having to actually go outside and spend time in your garden might be the most valuable thing that hand-watering has to offer a world-weary gardener. Soil; plants; air; light; insects; birds: it’s quite a show if you slow yourself down enough to take it all in.
Geophyte Neophyte
What I’ve learned over the years is that the rumored difficulty of gardening with these plants is somewhat exaggerated, largely based, as it is, on the well-deserved reputations of a few genuinely finicky species.
Sumackdown
Malosma laurina vs. CalTrans
Woollyblue Curse
While it may not be a bad idea to adjust your expectations downward when it comes to planting Woolly Bluecurls in your garden, you don’t necessarily have to resign yourself to watching helplessly as it withers and dies each summer after an all-too-brief flowering