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Wildseed Farms

FOR: regional wildflower mixes, wildflower seed and native grass seed.

Theodore Payne Foundation

FOR: Over a hundred species of native plant seed, including wildflowers, shrubs, grasses and trees, plus special mixes. Note: they don’t ship outside of CA.

Marin CNPS Plant Sales

FOR: The Marin chapter of the California Native Plant Society offers an extensive array of native bulbs, annuals, perennials, shrubs and even sometimes trees at their April and October plant sales, held on the grounds of Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael. Home Ground supplies about a third of the plants each sale through their propagation activities. Check www.cnpsmarin.org for dates. Flowering plants for pollinators are the emphasis in spring; shrubs are the emphasis at the fall sale. Also available: Home Ground’s line of locally packaged native wildflower seeds.

LeBallister’s Seed and Fertilizer

FOR: bulk sales only of native grasses, wildflowers, lawn and pasture grasses, cover crops, rock dust and fertilizers.

Complete Garden Guide to Native Shrubs of California

Worth hunting for.

Complete Garden Guide to the Native Perennials of California

Worth hunting for.

Seeds: The Definite Guide to Growing, History & Lore

California Plant Families: West of the Sierran Crest and Deserts

Botany for Gardeners, 3rd Ed.

The New Seed-Starters Handbook, Rev. Ed.