We will have a sale on Saturday, October 25, 10am to 1pm. We will also be giving away plants! Thanks to the City Centennial Community Grant program, we received 100 plants to give away in honor of San Carlos’ 100 years. Most of the plants were given away at last Saturday’s celebration, but we still have some left and we will give them away (1 per person) until they are gone. We have Howard McMinn Manzanita, Julia Phelps Ceanothus, Blue Elderberry and Little Ollie Dwarf Olive, all in 1-gallon pots.
Now that the weather is cooling off and fall rains are expected, it’s the best time to plant many varieties, especially California native plants. We have refreshed our stock by propagating and acquiring a nice collection of native plants, including some that are blooming now.
Please note: if it’s raining on Saturday, October 25, we will move the sale to the following Saturday, November 1, 10am-1pm.
We have a variety of perennials, shrubs and grasses for sun or shade including California fuchsia, sages, monkeyflower, yarrow, ceanothus, asters, buckwheat, soft rush, wallflower, native strawberries, island alum root, wax myrtle, golden-eyed grass, and more. We also have succulents, cymbidium orchids and other ornamental plants.
We are an all-volunteer, non-profit garden club celebrating our 88th year! Our plant sales help us maintain the historic Casa de Flores (built in 1929 as the original Saint Charles Church) and fulfill our club goals of “stimulating the knowledge and love of gardening” and “aiding in the protection of native trees, plants and birds.”
Location: Casa de Flores at 737 Walnut Street in San Carlos.
For profiles of CA natives, see our Calscape.org list: https://calscape.org/myplantlist/66909
Available plants (subject to change):
- CA Native
- Grass, Rush
- Calamagrostis foliosa (Leafy Reed Grass)
- Juncus effusus (Soft Rush)
- Perennial herb
- Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
- Achillea millefolium ‘Island Pink’ (Island Pink Yarrow)
- Achillea millefolium ‘Sonoma Coast’ (Sonoma Coast Yarrow)
- Armeria maritima (Thrift Seapink)
- Asclepias fascicularis (Narrow Leaf Milkweed)
- Clinopodium douglasii (Yerba Buena)
- Epilobium canum (California Fuchsia)
- Epilobium canum ‘Hollywood Flame’ (Hollywood Flame Hummingbird Fuchsia)
- Erigeron glaucus ‘Cape Sebastian’ (Beach Aster Cape Sebastian)
- Eriogonum grande var. rubescens (Red-flowered Buckwheat)
- Erysimum menziesii (Yadon’s Wallflower)
- Fragaria chiloensis ‘Aulon’ (Aulon Beach Strawberry)
- Fragaria chiloensis ‘Green Pastures’ (Green Pastures Beach Strawberry)
- Fragaria vesca (Woodland Strawberry)
- Fragaria vesca ‘Montana de Oro’ (Montana de Oro Wood Strawberry)
- Grindelia hirsutula (Gumweed)
- Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. bolanderi ‘San Bruno Mountain’ (San Bruno Mountain Sessileflower Goldenaster)
- Heuchera maxima (Island Alum Root)
- Iris ‘Pacific Coast Hybrid’ (Pacific Coast Hybrid Iris)
- Plantago subnuda (Naked Plantain)
- Scrophularia californica (Bee Plant)
- Sisyrinchium californicum (Yellow Eyed Grass)
- Solidago velutina ssp. californica (California Goldenrod)
- Symphyotrichum chilense ‘Purple Haze’ (Purple Haze Coast Aster)
- Shrub
- Arctostaphylos ‘Emerald Carpet’ (Emerald Carpet Manzanita)
- Carpenteria californica (Bush Anemone)
- Ceanothus ‘Blue Jeans’ (Blue Jeans Mountain Lilac)
- Ceanothus thyrsiflorus var. griseus ‘Yankee Point’ (Yankee Point Carmel Ceanothus)
- Diplacus aurantiacus (Bush Monkey Flower)
- Diplacus ‘Eleanor’ (Eleanor Monkeyflower)
- Diplacus longiflorus (Bush Monkeyflower)
- Eriogonum arborescens (Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat)
- Eriogonum fasciculatum (California Buckwheat)
- Heteromeles arbutifolia (Toyon)
- Malva assurgentiflora (Malva Rosa)
- Morella californica (California Wax Myrtle)
- Prunus ilicifolia (Hollyleaf Cherry)
- Rhamnus crocea (Spiny Redberry)
- Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
- Ribes malvaceum (Chaparral Currant)
- Ribes malvaceum ‘Rana White’ (Rana White Chaparral Currant)
- Ribes viburnifolium (Catalina Currant)
- Salvia ‘Allen Chickering’ (Allen Chickering Sage)
- Salvia clevelandii (Cleveland Sage)
- Salvia clevelandii ‘Whirly Blue’ (Whirly Blue Sage)
- Symphoricarpos mollis (Creeping Snowberry)
- Verbena lilacina ‘De La Mina’ (De La Mina Verbena)
- Orchid
- Cymbidium
- Ornamental
- Gerbera (Pink Gerbera)
- Plectranthus ciliatus (Speckled Spur Flower)
- Succulent
- Aloe
- Cactus (4″ and larger)
- Jade
- Succulent Starts (4″)
- Grass, Rush
Featured photo: Howard McMinn Manzanita. By Cathrin Callas