LA Native Plant Source propagates plants native to the Los Angeles area. All proceeds support the Theodore Payne Foundation.
Due to our nursery undergoing a major renovation this year, LA Native Plant Source will have an unusually small inventory for sale during the 2024–5 planting season. Please check back in November 2025 for a wider selection of local plants, seeds, and bulbs.
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
Snag Party
snag [snæg] noun: 1. a standing dead tree
Cultivar Mentality
Given the growing number and popularity of native cultivars, a conscientious native gardener might be forgiven for asking: what is the larger environmental impact of cloning an individual plant on an industrial scale, ad infinitum? Globally speaking, is it a good thing or a bad thing?