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Some of the pages available. (About 5000) About Las Pilitas Amendments and Mulch in a landscape Bird Bath Birds and Butterflies Blue bird house Buckwheats Build stuff California Lilacs, Ceanothus California Plant Ecology California Sages California Soils California Wildlife Garden California's Climate and Such The California Native Plant, a different animal California's Zones City Name and Zipcodes Cold and Hardiness Cold in California? Common Diseases, Pests of native plants Critter Problems Currants and Gooseberries of California Deer and fire list Defining garden conditions Design your fragrant path Diseases and native plants Drainage in the garden Drip Irrigation Drought tolerant or resistant native plants Email about orders Escondido Nursery Fertilizer and native plants Fire Frankia and California native plant Garden Bench Garden Examples Garden Myths about California Native Plants Glossary Greenhouse Groundcovers Groundcovers that should be used on large slopes. Habitats Hedges Help Help with terms Herbicides are your friends- sometimes Honeysuckles How to Buy a Digital Camera How to do a simple Restoration Incredible Edibles Introduction to California native ecosystems Jobs we've worked on Landscaping with California Native Plants Landscaping with Natives Workshop Leer at the Deer Mail order help May dry shade May dry sun May wet and sunny May wet shade Most of the Manzanitas Native Herbs Native Oaks and Mycorrhiza Native Plant Communities and Companion Plantings Native Planting Guide Near flat grouncovers for small gardens or borders New Gardener Oaks One to two foot high groundcovers Order Form for US Mail or Fax Plant Communities Plant Size Plant tolerance of fire Plant tolerance of fire Planting native plants I Planting seed or plants after a wildfire Plants Pruning Reference Section(read all these) Reptiles and Amphibians Residential Restoration Restoration of a native ecosystem Rock Wall Roots of native plants Santa Margarita Nursery Shade gardens Simple pond Slope Soils, Mulches, Fertilizers, and Drainage Useful Definitions Website to help in selecting site-specific plants Weeds Weeds Weeds and the Effects on the Native Ecosystem When To Plant native plants When To Plant Natives Wildflower Seeds and Grasses Wildlife Wildlife gardening Your Questions and Our Answers	SANTA MARGARITA NURSERY 3232 Las Pilitas Rd Santa Margarita, Ca 93453 Phone 805 438 5992 Fax 805 438 5993 OPEN: Saturday only 9am to 4pm	ESCONDIDO NURSERY 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA, 92026. Phone 760-749-5930 Fax 760-749-5932 OPEN Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 4pm
	Las Pilitas nursery grows a whole lot of California native plants. In San Diego county the native plant nursery is 30-60 seconds off of I-15 at 8331 Nelson Way (just 100 ft. off of Old Highway 395; across Little Moosa Creek) in Escondido, CA, 92026. Phone 760-749-5930. The nursery is open to retail and wholesale customers 9 AM to 4 PM, Tuesday through Saturday. In San Luis Obispo county the nursery has a nine acre footprint at 3232 Las Pilitas Rd., Santa Margarita,CA, 93453. Phone: 805-438-5992. The nursery is open to the public Saturday only, from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. The nursery is open to wholesale customers Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Pacific Standard Time. This website is an effort to inform and entertain you about aspects of native plants and native gardens that we've learned in the last 35 years. The 5000+ pages include garden and landscaping ideas for a hummingbird, wildlife, butterfly, or bird garden. Of course, we have information about California native plants along with some basic ecology of California and its plants. There are horticultural, edible, landscape and design pages mixed with every other use we can think of to bring landscapes and gardens alive, while you have fun! Small gardens can still be a niche for one bird or a handful of desirable insects, while larger gardens can be bigger than most of the 'restorations', supporting a full spectrum of wildlife. Why use naturalized plants when you can have fun planting the real natural wildflowers? Wildflowers don't have to be annuals; they can be perennials, bushes and even trees. They're still 'wild' flowers, the wild birds butterflies love them. Go wild with your design, do less work, use less water, having fun while you're at it. The mountains and hillsides of California are in flower with wild sages, Salvia spp., and wild buckwheat . California also has a wide variety of wild mountain lilacs and Manzanitas. We have introduced several very popular, native hybrids and cultivars to the landscaping trade, which can be seen at our nursery and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, including: the perennials Penstemon 'Margarita BOP', 'Powerline Pink' Sage, 'Ramona' Monkey Flower,and the shrubs Salvia 'Pozo Blue' , Ceanothus 'Celestial Blue', 'Ceanothus 'Remote Blue', Ceanothus L.T. Blue and Salvia 'Celestial Blue It is ok to plant native plants all year, for summer and fall plantings just treat the new planting to regular watering during the summer and fall months for the first year. Winter planting is easier, spring planting is fun! Have you planted for a butterfly, bird or even yourself? Why are you saving the planet somewhere else?
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	What's the nature of your garden? A native garden test.	My native plant selector An attempt to help you find the right plant for your garden.	Email SHORT questions or suggestions Do you like what we're doing with the pages? Hate it? Yawn?