Native Plant Sales
Several times per year CNPS Yerba Buena Chapter hosts local native plant sales.
Our next plant sale is planned for autumn of 2017. Please check back for details at a later date.
Many of the plants for sale will have been grown by chapter volunteers from seeds, cuttings, or divisions-- from garden plants or other sources from our chapter area. Great efforts are made to learn the provenance of the plants at our sale, as we understand the importance of maintaining a local gene pool.
Below is information from CNPS Yerba Buena chapter's very successful PAST plant sale October 2016 with some great reasons how we all benefit from encouraging local native plants. The 2017 plant sale will be similar so you can start planning your beautiful native garden now!
Yerba Buena Chapter's Annual Fall Native Plant Sale
Saturday, October 15th, 1-5pm
Miraloma Park Improvement Clubhouse, 350 O'Shaughnessey Blvd, San Francisco
Volunteers needed! To get involved, please contact Ellen Edelson at 415-531-2140 or e.edelson@sbcglobal.net
Downloads
Native Plant Sale Flyer, Black & White (2.9 Mb PDF)
Native Plant Sale Flyer, Color (584k PDF)
The Yerba Buena Native Plant Sale is an opportunity to find a great many native plant species that aren’t readily available at garden centers. Our focus and offerings, as always, will be native plants local to our chapter area: San Francisco and northern San Mateo County, including Montara and San Bruno Mountains. These are the species already adapted to our area’s climate, soils, and habitats--and are also important to our local fauna.
Many of the plants for sale will have been grown by chapter volunteers from seeds, cuttings, or divisions-- from garden plants or other sources from our chapter area. Great efforts are made to learn the provenance of the plants at our sale, as we understand the importance of maintaining a local gene pool.
Growing locally native plants in your garden is an important way to:
- Attract pollinators, including native bees, butterflies, moths, and birds--for your pleasure and their benefit
- Provide for endangered species (such as by growing host and nectar plants for the Green Hairstreak butterfly)
- Enhance corridors for native wildlife
- Use less water (thereby less energy pumping that water)
- Save money on utility bills
- Reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides
- Have a beautiful, colorful, lively garden
- Inspire your neighbors to do the same!
To assist with your plant selections, you will find:
- A plant list of our 2016 offerings on our website prior to the sale
- Articles and links on “Gardening with Natives“–always on our website
- Plants grouped roughly according to their general plant community of origin
- Signage indicating the plant type, habit, size, soil preferences, and wildlife interest for each species
- Photos of the flower and/or form of each plant
- Volunteers with native gardening expertise roaming the room
- Books and other materials available for reference.
- Books and posters will also be available for purchase.
Fall is the ideal time for planting. The Annual Plant Sale is Yerba Buena Chapter’s primary source of funding; it enables us to put on our programs --and strive to fulfill our mission. Get great plants for your garden and help support CNPS!
Plant sizes are from 2" to 5 gallon. Quantities and sizes will vary by species. Prices are generally, but not always: 2"--$3.00, 4"--$5.00, 1 gal--$10.00, 5 gal--$25.00 to 35.00. All plants priced as marked. Tax is included. Cash, checks or credit cards will be accepted for plant and book sales. For additional information, or to volunteer to help with the plant sale, contact Ellen Edelson (415-531-2140 or e.edelson@sbcglobal.net).
San Francisco Native Plants Available at the 2016 Sale
Click a name to see pictures at CalPhotos.
| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
|
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
| Abronia latifolia |
yellow sand verbena |
|
Acaena pinnatifida |
California acaena/sheepburr |
| Acer macrophylla |
bigleaf maple |
|
Achillea millefolium |
coast yarrow |
| Aesculus californica |
California buckeye |
|
Agoseris grandiflora |
California dandelion |
| Alnus rubra |
red alder |
|
Ambrosia chamissonis |
beach bur, silver beachweed |
| Anaphalis margaritacea |
pearly everlasting |
|
Angelica hendersonii |
coast angelica |
| Aquilegia formosa |
red or western columbine |
|
Arbutus menziesii |
madrone |
| Armeria maritima |
sea thrift, sea pink |
|
Artemisia californica |
California sagebrush |
| Artemisia douglasiana |
mugwort |
|
Artemisia pycnocephala |
dune sagebrush |
| Asarum caudatum |
wild ginger |
|
Astragalus nuttallii |
Nuttall's milk vetch, loco weed |
| Athyrium filix-femina |
lady fern |
|
Atriplex californica |
California saltbush |
| Atriplex leucophylla |
beach saltbush |
|
Baccharis pilularis |
coyote brush |
| Calamagrostis nutkaensis |
Nutka reed grass |
|
Calystegia occidentalis |
bush or western morning glory |
| Calystegia purpurata |
coast morning glory |
|
Calystegia soldanella |
beach morning glory |
| Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia |
beach primrose |
|
Ceanothus gloriosis 'Anchor Bay' |
Anchor Bay or Point Reyes ceanothus, California lilac |
| Ceanothus thyrsiflorus |
blue blossom |
|
Chlorogalum pomeridianum |
soap plant |
| Clematis ligusticifolia |
virgin's bower |
|
Clinopodium douglasii (Satureja) |
yerba buena |
| Cornus sericea |
creek or red-twig dogwood |
|
Corylus cornuta californica |
California hazelnut |
| Danthonia californica |
California oatgrass |
|
Deschampsia caespitosa |
tufted hairgrass |
| Dichondra donelliana |
California ponysfoot or dichondra |
|
Dudleya farinosa |
bluff lettuce |
| Elymus glaucus |
blue wildrye |
|
Ericameria ericoides |
mock heather, California Goldenbush |
| Erigeron glaucus |
seaside daisy |
|
Eriogonum grande rubescens |
red buckwheat |
| Eriogonum latifolium |
coast buckwheat |
|
Eriophyllum stachaedifolium |
lizard tail |
| Erysimum franciscanum |
Franciscan wallflower |
|
Eschscholzia californica |
California poppy |
| Festuca californica |
California fescue |
|
Festuca rubra |
red fescue |
| Fragaria chiloensis |
beach strawberry |
|
Fragaria vesca |
woodland strawberry |
| Frangula californica (Rhamnus) |
coffeeberry |
|
Fremontodendron californicum |
flannel bush |
| Galvezia speciosa |
island snapdragon |
|
Garrya elliptica |
coast silktassel |
| Gilia capitata |
blue field or bluehead gilia |
|
Grindelia sp. |
gumplant |
| Grindelia stricta angustifolia |
marsh or coastal gumplant |
|
Heracleum maximum |
cow parsnip |
| Heteromeles arbutifolia |
Toyon berry, Christmas berry |
|
Heterotheca sessiflora |
hairy golden aster |
| Heuchera micrantha |
alum root, coral bells |
|
Holodiscus discolor |
oceanspray, creambush |
| Hordeum brachyantherum |
meadow barley |
|
Horkelia californica |
California horkelia |
| Iris douglasiana |
Douglas iris |
|
Iris longipetala |
coast iris, long-petaled iris |
| Juncus effusus |
soft rush |
|
Juncus patens |
wire grass |
| Koeleria macrantha |
June grass |
|
Lavatera assurgentiflora |
island mallow, malva rosa |
| Lomatium dasycarpum |
lace parsnip |
|
Lomatium utriculatum |
bladder parsnip |
| Lonicera hispidula |
vine honeysuckle |
|
Lonicera involucrata |
twinberry honeysuckle |
| Lupinus albifrons |
silver bush lupine |
|
Lupinus arboreus |
yellow bush lupine |
| Lupinus chamissonis |
silver beach lupine |
|
Lupinus variicolor |
varied lupine |
| Maianthemum stellata |
slender Solomon's seal |
|
Marah fabaceus |
manroot, wild cucumber |
| Melica californica |
onion grass |
|
Mimulus aurantiacus |
sticky monkeyflower |
| Mimulus guttatus |
seep monkey flower |
|
Monardella villosa |
coyote mint |
| Morella californica |
wax myrtle |
|
Muhlenbergia rigens |
basket grass |
| Oemleria cerasiformis |
oso berry |
|
Oenothera elata hookeri |
evening primrose |
| Pentagramma triangularis |
goldback fern |
|
Perideridia kelloggii |
Kellogg's yampah |
| Phacelia californica |
California or bluff phacelia |
|
Phalaris californica |
canary grass |
| Physocarpus capitatus |
Pacific ninebark |
|
Polygonum paronychia |
dune knotweed |
| Polypodium californicum |
California polypody |
|
Polystichum munitum |
sword fern |
| Potentilla anserina |
silverweed |
|
Potentilla glandulosa |
sticky cinquefoil |
| Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata |
lance leaf self heal |
|
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia |
hollyleaf cherry |
| Pseudognaphalium ramossisimum |
pink everlasting/cudweed |
|
Quercus agrifolia |
coast live oak |
| Ranunculus californicus |
California buttercup |
|
Ribes aureum var. gracilarium |
golden currant |
| Ribes malvaceum |
chaparral currant |
|
Ribes sanguineum var.glutinosum |
pink flowering currant |
| Rosa californica |
California wild rose |
|
Rosa gymnocarpa |
wood or dwarf rose |
| Rubus parviflorus |
thimbleberry |
|
Rubus spectabilis |
salmonberry |
| Rubus ursinus |
California blackberry |
|
Salvia apiana |
white or sacred sage |
| Salvia spathacea |
hummingbird sage |
|
Sambucus nigra (mexicana) |
blue elderberry |
| Sambucus racemosa |
red elderberry |
|
Sanicula arctopoides |
footsteps of spring |
| Scrophularia californica |
bee plant |
|
Sedum spathulfolium |
common stonecrop |
| Sidalcea malviflora |
checkerbloom |
|
Sisyrinchium bellum |
blue-eyed grass |
| Sisyrinchium californicum |
yellow-eyed grass |
|
Solanum umbellifereum |
blue witch/nightshade |
| Stachys ajugoides |
woodmint |
|
Stipa lepida |
foothill or small flowered stipa/needlegrass |
| Stipa pulchra |
purple needlegrass |
|
Symphoricarpos alba v. laevigatus |
snowberry |
| Symphyrotrichum chilense |
California aster |
|
Tanacetum bipinnatum |
dune tansy |
| Taraxia ovatum (Camissonia) |
sun cup |
|
Tellima grandiflora |
fringe cups |
| Triteleia laxa |
Ithuriel's spear |
|
Vaccinium ovatum |
huckleberry |
| Vancouveria hexandra |
inside out flower |
|
Vicia gigantea |
giant vetch |
| Viola adunca |
dog or blue violet |
|
Wyethia angustifolia |
narrowleaf mule's ears |
| Zauschneria canum |
California fuchsia |
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